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Large Leaved Onionwood

Cassipourea gummiflua var. verticillata (N. E. Br.) J. Lewis

Description

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Small to large tree. Leaves opposite or in whorls of three, leathery, elliptic dark green above, paler below; margin mostly entire, sometimes dentate in the apical half. Flowers creamy-green in small, dense clusters along the branches. Fruit an ovoid to round capsule, c. 7 mm, yellow-green when ripe.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cassipourea gummiflua Tul.
var. verticillata (N.E. Br.) J. Lewis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141750
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Frequency

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Frequent
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cassipourea gummiflua Tul.
var. verticillata (N.E. Br.) J. Lewis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141750
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Cameroon, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Kwazulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa. also Seychelles and Mascarene Islands.
license
cc-by-nc
copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cassipourea gummiflua Tul.
var. verticillata (N.E. Br.) J. Lewis Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141750
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe