Kirkia acuminata Oliv.

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Hill near Tuli police camp

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Hill near Tuli police camp.

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By the lodges, Lake Kyle Recreational Park

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Plateau above Archway Gorge, Mweredzi River, Gorongosa National Park, Muanza.

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New Years Gift Estate, Chipinge district

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By road from New Years Gift towards Tanganda Halt

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Synonyms:	Kirkia pubescens Burtt Davy
Common names:	White seringa (English) White syringa (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Medium-sized deciduous tree. Leaves sticky when young, alternate, crowded near the ends of branches, imparipinnate; leaflets narrowly ovate, tapering at the apex; margins finely serrated. Flowers small, greenish-cream, in branched axillary inflorescences. Fruit a thinly woody capsule, splitting into 4 valves.
Type location:	Syntypes from Mozambique
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	acuminata: acuminate, with a long point, referring to the leaflets
Habitat:	In various types of woodland, often on rocky ridges.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Botswana, DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Limpopo and Mpumalanga, South Africa.
FZ divisions:	N
Growth form(s):	Tree.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 365. (Includes a picture). *Coates Palgrave, K. et al.* (1956).** Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 411 - 414. (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 260 - 261. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 249. 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 54. Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 309. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 77. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Pages 29 - 30. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 178. Wild, H. & Phipps, J.B. (1963). Simaroubaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 214 - 216. (Includes a picture).

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