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Schmidelia erosa

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Name

Identification
Allophylus natalensis (Sond.) De Winter [family SAPINDACEAE ] (stored under name); Schmidelia erosa Arn. [family SAPINDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Schmidelia erosa
  • Allophylus natalensis

Flora

Entry for SCHMIDELIA Natalensis Sond. [family SAPINDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 236, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
SCHMIDELIA Natalensis Sond. [family SAPINDACEAE]
SCHMIDELIA erosa Arn. [family SAPINDACEAE], l. c. Presl, l. c. excl. syn. Thunb.
Rhus erosa E. Mey. [family ANACARDIACEAE], ! non Thunb.
Information
branchlets glabrous; leaflets sessile, oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse, narrowed at base, the margin revolute, remotely and obtusely toothed, shining above, pale below, quite glabrous on both sides; peduncles divided in 2–3 spiked racemes, minutely downy; carpels sub-globose (immature) blackish. Branches and branchlets as in the preceding. Common petiole shorter than the leaf. Leaflets more coriaceous than in the preceding specimen, 3 inches long, 8–12 lines wide, below netted with raised veins, regularly and shortly toothed, not erose. Flowers (scarcely larger), peduncles, calyx, petals, stamens, young carpels and styles as in L. melanocarpa.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Among shrubs near Omsamculo and Natal, Drege! Plant! April. (Herb. E. Mey.! Sond., T.C.D.)

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