Derivation of specific name
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orientalis: oriental, eastern
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Rutidea orientalis Bridson Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=156400
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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A scrambling shrub or climber. Leaves opposite, broadly elliptic to oblanceolate, glossy dark green above, paler with yellowish hairs and conspicuous domatia below. Stipules broad-based, fringed with a large number of hair-like tails, sometimes curling. Flowers in dense clusters, small, white, strongly scented. Fruits yellow to orange, turning purple-black when ripe, crowned with the persistent calyx lobes. See Rutidea fuscescens for comparison.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Rutidea orientalis Bridson Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=156400
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Rutidea orientalis Bridson Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=156400
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
