Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
serrata: with angled teeth like a saw-blade; serrate
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Commiphora serrata Engl. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=171600
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Shrub or small deciduous tree. Bark smooth, green, branched spine-tipped. Leaves imparipinnate with 4-8 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets oblong-elliptic, up to 5.5 cm long, usually with short hairs on the midrib and lateral veins; margin crenate-serrate. Flowers small, greenish-yellow in axillary branched, hairy sprays, appearing before or with the new leaves. Fruit spherical, c. 2 cm long, hairless; pseudo-aril very fleshy, cup-shaped.
- 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). Commiphora serrata Engl. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=171600
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Mozambique and Tanzania
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Commiphora serrata Engl. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=171600
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings