Derivation of specific name
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argentea: silvery; possibly referring to the colour of the leaves
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Argusia argentea (L.f.) Heine Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=172340
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Erect shrub or small tree to 4 m; branches bearing prominent leaf scars. Leaves ± sessile, spirally arranged, crowded near the apices, 7-22 × 4-11 cm, ovate or obovate, sometimes rhombic, greyish and velvety; apex rounded. Inflorescence a terminal panicle or corymb of numerous flowers. Corolla lobes c. 1 mm long, white. Fruit c. 5 × 7 mm, subspherical, glabrous.
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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). Argusia argentea (L.f.) Heine Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=172340
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Locally common
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Argusia argentea (L.f.) Heine Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=172340
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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In Africa, occurring in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique and in the islands of the Indian Ocean; widespread elsewhere in the tropics.
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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). Argusia argentea (L.f.) Heine Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=172340
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings