Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
serrata: serrate, saw-toothed
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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). Morella serrata (Lam.) Killick Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120050
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Dioecious tree or shrub, up to 12 m. Leaves: lamina 5-10 × 1-2 cm, narrowly elliptic, abundantly dotted with golden glands, especially
beneath (see image 3); apex acute; margin entire or remotely serrate. Male spikes 0.8-3 cm; stamens 4. Female spikes 1.2-2.6 cm. Fruits c.2 mm in diameter, spherical, warted, covered with a white wax.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Morella serrata (Lam.) Killick Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120050
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Widespread in tropical Africa (including Mozambique) to South Africa as far as the Western Cape.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Morella serrata (Lam.) Killick Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=120050
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
