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Plectronia obovata

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Identification
Plectronia obovata De Wild. [family RUBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Keetia hispida (Benth.) Bridson sens. Lat. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Psydrax obovata
  • Psychotria merrillii
  • Keetia hispida
  • Canthium pyrifolium
  • Plectronia obovata
  • Canthium obovatum

Flora

Entry for Psydrax obovata subsp. obovata [family RUBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 5, Part 2, (1998) Author: D. Bridson
Names
Psydrax obovata subsp. obovata [family RUBIACEAE]
Canthium pyrifolium Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh. [family RUBIACEAE], Enum. Pl. Afr.: 361 (1837). Type from South Africa.
Mitrastigma lucidum Harv. [family RUBIACEAE], in London J. Bot. 1: 20 (1842); Thes. Cap. 1: 14, pl. 22 (1859). Type from South Africa.
Phallaria lucida Harv. Hochst. [family RUBIACEAE], in Flora 25: 238 (1842).
Canthium obovatum var. pyrifolium Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh. Sond. [family RUBIACEAE], in F.C. 3: 16 (1865).
Plectronia obovata Klotzsch ex Eckl. & Zeyh. Sim [family RUBIACEAE], For. Fl. Col. Cape Good Hope: 241, pl. 90 (1907).
Habitat
Coastal and inland forest and forest margins, also in woodland and dune scrub, on basic or acid soils
Altitude range
0–20 m.
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Distribution
Mozambique M Inhaca Island, fl. 7.iii.1958, Mogg 31563 (BM; K).Mozambique GI Gaza Prov., 30 km west of Limpopo mouth, bud & fr. 1.iii.1928, Earthy 48 (PRE).
Distribution (external)
South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape Province)

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