Agarista salicifolia
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Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park
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Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park
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Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park
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Lake Kaulime, Nyika National Park
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Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
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Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
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Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along northern loop, Nyika National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Agauria salicifolia (Lam.) Oliv. |
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| Description: |
Small tree to about 12 m tall. Bark rough and fissured. Leaves narrowly lanceolate to oblong, 20–120 mm long, somewhat leathery, discolorous, pale greyish green beneath, hairless except on the midrib beneath; margin entire; petioles 5–10 mm long, pubescent or hairless, often dark purple-red. Inflorescences 15–30–flowered racemes, 100–150 mm long; pedicels 2–6 mm long; peduncles and pedicels normally pubescent, rarely hairless. Bracts at the base of the pedicel, broadly to narrowly ovate, 3–5 mm long, pubescent. Calyx segments 5, fused for about 1/3 of their length, triangular, c. 2·5 mm long, shortly and rather sparsely pubescent on the outer surface, margins densely ciliate. Corolla obconical to slightly urceolate, hairless, 8–10 mm long, pale green tinged pink or red or yellow to creamy-white, lobes 5, small, triangular. Ripe capsule 5–7 mm in diameter splitting into 4 valves. |
| Type location: |
Réunion |
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| Derivation of specific name: | salicifolia: with leaves like a Salix (willow). |
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| Worldwide distribution: | In higher mountain areas of tropical africa to Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. Also in Madagascar and Mascarene Islands. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| 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 141. as Agarista salicifolia (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 726. (Includes a picture). 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 19. as Agauria salicifolia Fischer, E. & Killmann, D. (2008). Illustrated Field guide to the Plants of Nyungwe National Park Rwanda. University of Koblenz-Landau. Page 272. as Agauria salicifolia (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 105. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 46. Ross, R. (1983). Ericaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 158 - 160. (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 82. White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 230 - 232. (Includes a picture). |
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