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Identification
Rhus brenanii Kokwaro [family ANACARDIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Kokwaro JO, 1978 Rhus sp. [family ANACARDIACEAE ] Verified by Kokwaro JO, 1978
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Flora

Entry for Rhus glauca Desf. [family ANACARDIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 2, page 550, (1966) Author: Rosette Fernandes and A. Fernandes
Names
Rhus glauca Desf. [family ANACARDIACEAE], Hist. Arb. 2: 326 (1809). — Engl. in A. & C. DC., Mon. Phan. 4: 411 (1883); Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 203, fig. 99 C, F (1921). — Diels in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 24: 573, fig. 7 C, D (1898). — Schonl. in Bothalia, 3, 1: 61, fig. p. 61 (1930). Type from S. Africa (Cape Prov.).
Rhus (? sp. nov.) near r. undulata Jacq. [family ANACARDIACEAE], — O. B. Mill. in Journ. S. Afr. Bot. 18: 47 (1952) pro parte quoad specim. Miller B/908 (specim. Miller B/881 n.v.).
Rhus sp. [family ANACARDIACEAE], — O. B. Mill., loc. cit.
Information
Shrub or (rarely) a small tree up to 7·5 m. tall, unarmed, glabrous in all parts; branchlets greyish or brown, angular. Petiole 0·5–1·2(3) cm. long, canaliculate and winged above. Leaflets glaucous or greyish (in dry state somewhat brownish on the under surface), papyraceous or subcoriaceous, the median one 1·5–2(5) × 1–1·2(3) cm., obcordate-cuneate to broadly obovate-cuneate, emarginate at the apex, the lateral ones obovate or obcordate, c. 2/3 as long as the median one or sometimes smaller, all somewhat undulate between the lateral nerves; midrib and the slender lateral nerves prominulous on both surfaces; venation not visible. Panicles terminal and axillary, many-flowered, the terminal ones longer than the leaves; pedicels 1–2 mm. long; bracts ovate or lanceolate. Female flowers: calyx-segments 0·5 mm. long, ovate; petals 1–1·5 mm. long, oblong. Drupe reddish, shining, 5–6 mm. in diam., globose.
Habitat
Slopes of hills, sometimes near streams.
Distribution
Botswana SE Gaberones, Mokhoro valley, Baratani Hill, st. xii.1947, Miller B/561 (PRE); Kanye, Pharing, female fl. vii.1949, Miller B/908 (K; PRE).
Distribution (external)
S. Africa (Cape Prov.)
Notes
If the information on the label be correct, it is doubtful whether Miller B/908 should be referred to R. glauca, because, according the monographs, this species is a shrub, not a tree. The leaves, however, in form, colour and venation, the petioles in length, glabrous-ness and possession of wings and the angular branchlets are characteristic of R. glauca.

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