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Derivation of specific name

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natalensis: of Natal, South Africa
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Wrightia natalensis Stapf Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=145240
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Description

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Small to medium-sized deciduous tree. Bark pale grey-brown fairly smooth to finely fissured, flaking; branches with pale lenticels, milky sap present. Leaves opposite, lanceolate up to 10 × 2.5 cm, light green, often drooping; margin entire. Flowers in branched heads, terminal, axillary or in the forks of branches; corolla creamy yellow, sweetly scented; calyx and stalks covered in rusty hairs. Fruit in pendulous paired very slender follicles, up to 32 × 1 cm, dark green with pale lenticels, dehiscent. Seeds with an apical tuft of long silk-like hairs
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Wrightia natalensis Stapf Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=145240
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Worldwide distribution

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Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Wrightia natalensis Stapf Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=145240
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Wrightia natalensis

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Wrightia natalensis grows as a small to medium-sized deciduous tree. Its fragrant flowers feature a creamy yellow corolla. Fruit is dark green and carried in pods up to 32 centimetres (13 in) in length. Habitat is dry woodland and scrub forest from sea-level to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) altitude. W. natalensis is native to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini and South Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Wrightia natalensis". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
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Wrightia natalensis: Brief Summary

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Wrightia natalensis grows as a small to medium-sized deciduous tree. Its fragrant flowers feature a creamy yellow corolla. Fruit is dark green and carried in pods up to 32 centimetres (13 in) in length. Habitat is dry woodland and scrub forest from sea-level to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) altitude. W. natalensis is native to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Eswatini and South Africa.

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