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Rhamnus prinoides

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Identification
Rhamnus prinoides L'Hér. [family RHAMNACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for RHAMNUS prinoides l'Herit. [family RHAMNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 475, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
RHAMNUS prinoides l'Herit. [family RHAMNACEAE], sert. angl. 6, t. 9;—Willd. Spec. 1. p. 1099, excl. syn. DC. l. c. 2. p. 24. E. & Z.! 992.
Information
unarmed, branchlets minutely pubescent; leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, or ovate-oblong, acuminate, mucronulate, serrate, coriaceous, glabrous, shining; pedicels 2–4 axillary, about the length of the petioles; calyx 5-cleft; petals and stamens 5. A moderate tree. Branches and leaves, when dry, blackish. Wood white. Leaves 1 1/2–3 inches long, 3/4–1 inch wide, paler and with prominent nerves beneath; petioles carinate, 3–6 lines long. Pedicels 4–6 lines long. Calyx 1 line long, segments triangular acute, as long as the sharply emarginate petals and the stamens. Styles 3, connected to the middle, then diverging. Berry scarcely the size of a pea. sub-spherical. Seeds 3, not furrowed. Embryo flat.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Katriver near Philipstown and Fort Beaufort, E. & Z.! Grootvadersbosch, Krakakamma, Wolvekop, Zey.! 315. Vanstadensrivier and in Stormberg, 5–6000 f. Drege! 9123. Outeniqua, George, Krauss. Oct.-Dec. (Herb, Sond., T.C.D.)

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