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Combretum kraussii

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Name

Identification
Combretum kraussii Hochst. [family COMBRETACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Combretum kraussii
  • Combretum woodii
  • Combretum lucidum
  • Combretum apiculatum
  • Combretum erythrophyllum
  • Combretum barbertonense
  • Combretum nelsonii

Flora

Entry for COMBRETUM Kraussii Hochst. [family COMBRETACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 2, page 507, (1894) Author: (BY W. SONDER.)
Names
COMBRETUM Kraussii Hochst. [family COMBRETACEAE], ! pl. Krauss, 58;—Sond. l. c.
COMBRETUM lucidum E. Meyer [family COMBRETACEAE], non Blume.
Information
branches glabrous; leaves opposite, short-petiolate, obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse, mucronulate or acutish, cuneate at the base, quite entire and glabrous, pale olivaceous and reticulated beneath; spikes oblong, axillary, usually shorter than the leaves, glabrous; flowers 8 androus; petals minute; fruit suborbicular, emarginate at the base and apex, 4-winged; wings scarious, twice broader than the lanceolate body of the fruit. Shrub or tree 15–20 feet high, with greyish branches. Leaves 2–3 inches long, 1 1/2–2 inches broad. Spike 2 inches, flowers sessile, not pedunculate as in the preceding. Fruit 8 lines long and broad, wings transversely striated.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Woods near Port Natal, Krauss. 253, Drege, Gueinzius, 566, Plant, 27. Oct.-Feb. (Herb. S., D.)

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