Scolopia zeyheri (Nees) Harv.

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Scolopia zeyheri

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Scolopia zeyheri

Photo: Mark Hyde
Hatcliffe South Extension

Scolopia zeyheri

Photo: Mark Hyde
Hatcliffe South Extension

Scolopia zeyheri

Photo: Mark Hyde
Hatcliffe South Extension

Scolopia zeyheri

Photo: Mark Hyde
Hatcliffe South Extension

Scolopia zeyheri

Photo: Mark Hyde
Hatcliffe South Extension

Scolopia zeyheri

Photo: Mark Hyde
Hatcliffe South Extension

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Synonyms: Eriudaphus ecklonii Nees
Eriudaphus zeyheri Nees
Phoberos zeyheri (Nees) Arn.
Rhamnicastrum ecklonii (Nees) Kuntze
Scolopia ecklonii (Nees) Harv.
Common names: Thorn pear (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Shrub or tree, up to 8 m, glabrous except for the inflorescence. Spines present and often numerous on young trees and sucker growth, but sparse on older trees. Leaves: petiole 5-8 mm; lamina 2-8 × 1-3.5 cm, very variable in shape, ovate, obovate, lanceolate or oblanceolate, glabrous, dark green above, slightly paler beneath; base cuneate; apex rounded or emarginate; margin entire or crenate. Flowers in axillary racemes, 1-3 cm. Sepals c.1.5 mm, 5-6, ovate, ciliolate. Petals 5-6, smaller than, but similar to, the sepals. Stamens c. 40. Fruit c. 8 mm in diameter, spherical, fleshy, 2-3-seeded, with persistent style.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: zeyheri: named after Carl Zeyher, 1799 - 1858, a German naturalist
Habitat: In open woodland and bush, often associated with termite mounds
Flowering time:Apr - Sep
Worldwide distribution: Angola, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Eswatini and South Africa.
Botswana distribution: SE
Growth form(s): Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Wednesday 22 July 2015
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 176.

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 643. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 50.

Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 19.

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 20.

Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & White, F. (1990). New and noteworthy plants from the evergreen forests of Malawi Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 60(1/2) Page 78.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 261.

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 53. Under Flacourtiaceae

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 75.

White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Page 280.

Wild, H. (1960). Flacourtiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 276 - 278.

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Flora of Malawi: Scolopia zeyheri
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Flora of Zambia: Scolopia zeyheri
Flora of Zimbabwe: Scolopia zeyheri

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Scolopia zeyheri
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Scolopia zeyheri
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Wikipedia: Scolopia zeyheri


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Species information: Scolopia zeyheri.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140710, retrieved 19 March 2024

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