Thamnosma rhodesica (Baker f.) Mendonça

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Tshabalala Nature Reserve, Bulawayo

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Serowe.

Photo: Tony Benn
Serowe, Central District.

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Synonyms:	Thamnosma africanum var. rhodesica Baker f.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Shrubby perennial aromatic herb up to 0.6 m tall, with conspicuous glad-dots on all parts.Leaves simple, alternate, linear, 8-32 mm long, bluntly rounded at the apex; margin entire or 3-5-fid.; petiole 0-8 mm long. Inflorescences in axillary and terminal racemes or panicles. Flowers bisexual, 4-merous, yellowish but often deep purple when still in bud.Fruit somewhat compressed, distinctly 2-lobed, 8-11 mm long, leathery, gland-dotted.
Type location:	Zimbabwe, Bulawayo
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Derivation of specific name:	rhodesica: of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe.
Habitat:	Dry bush and open woodland.
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Worldwide distribution:	Only known from Southwestern Zimbabwe and Southeastern Botswana
FZ divisions:	SE
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Images last updated:	Wednesday 14 September 2016
Literature:	Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 75. Mendonça, F. A. (1963). Rutaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 183 - 184. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 99.

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