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Capparis albitrunca

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Identification
Isotype of Capparis albitrunca Burch. [family CAPPARACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Capparis albitrunca Burch. [family CAPPARACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
Related name
  • Boscia foetida
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Flora

Entry for CAPPARIS albitrunca Burch. [family CAPPARACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 54, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
CAPPARIS albitrunca Burch. [family CAPPARACEAE], Trav. 1. p. 343;—DC. l. c. p 248. Pappe, Sylv. Cap. p. 3.
Information
unarmed, with spreading branches; leaves oblong, obtuse or emarginate, attenuate at base, leathery, glabrous, glaucous below; racemes axillary, few flowered, shorter than the leaves; thecaphore as long as the pedicel. A tree 10–12 feet high, robust, with a white trunk. Flowers minute. Racemes sometimes springing from naked branches. Seemingly but little different from the preceding.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA At Gattikamma, at Sondag river, and in other parts of the Eastern districts. Oct.-Nov. Burchell, Pappe. (Not known to us.)

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