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Cadaba natalensis Sond. [family CAPPARIDACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 194, (1960) Author: H. Wild
Names
Cadaba natalensis Sond. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Linnaea 23: 8 (1850); in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 59 (1860). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 228 (1915). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 123 (1926). TAB. 32 fig. C. Type from Natal.
Information
Small shrub 1–2 m. tall with stiff, greyish-brown branches, glabrous or occasionally with a short, coarse pubescence. Leaves alternate or crowded on short lateral spurs; lamina 1.2–3.5 x 0.4–1.5 cm., elliptic or oblanceolate, apex rounded or emarginate, apiculate, cuneate at the base, glabrous on both sides or sparsely pubescent; petiole up to 5 mm. long, pubescent, at least on the upper side. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves but becoming racemose in appearance on the short side shoots; pedicels up to 2 cm. long, glabrous or pubescent. Sepals c. 0.9 x 0.8 cm., very broadly ovate, subacute at the apex, subequal, the upper and lower very concave, pubescent on the margins, sometimes pubescent outside; lateral sepals pubescent on the margins. Petals 0. Androgynophore c. 2 cm. long, slightly declinate, with a basal flask-shaped nectary c. 7 x 3.5 mm. having a recurved neck and dentate mouth. Stamens 5–6, filaments c. 1 cm. long, glabrous; anthers 3 x 1.5 mm., oblong. Gynophore c. 1 cm. long, glabrous or minutely puberulous. Ovary narrowly cylindric, glabrous or minutely puberulous; ovules numerous, on 2 placentas; stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit 3–4 x 0.4 cm., narrowly cylindric, sub-torulose, minutely verrucose, many-seeded. Seeds c. 2.5 mm. in diam., sub-reniform, dark brown, with concentric rugose ridges, embedded in a bright orange or scarlet, powdery matrix.
Habitat
Dry woodland or bush, often with Acacia spp.
Distribution
Mozambique M between Maputo and Porto Henrique, fl. 22.xi.1947, Mendonça 3502 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique GI Macia, Muianga, fl. 11.vii.1947, Pedro & Pedrógão 1445 (K; LMJ; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Transvaal
Natal
Swaziland
Notes
Gomes e Sousa 3763 (COI; K; PRE) from the Maputo district of Lourenço Marques Province is noticeably pubescent compared with other Mozambique material. It can be matched with material from Natal, however, and intermediate, slightly pubescent forms exist in the Union of S. Africa, so this Mozambique pubescent form is not worthy of separation even at varietal level.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 194, (1960) Author: H. Wild
Names
Cadaba natalensis Sond. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Linnaea 23: 8 (1850); in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 59 (1860). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 228 (1915). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 123 (1926). TAB. 32 fig. C. Type from Natal.
Information
Small shrub 1–2 m. tall with stiff, greyish-brown branches, glabrous or occasionally with a short, coarse pubescence. Leaves alternate or crowded on short lateral spurs; lamina 1.2–3.5 x 0.4–1.5 cm., elliptic or oblanceolate, apex rounded or emarginate, apiculate, cuneate at the base, glabrous on both sides or sparsely pubescent; petiole up to 5 mm. long, pubescent, at least on the upper side. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves but becoming racemose in appearance on the short side shoots; pedicels up to 2 cm. long, glabrous or pubescent. Sepals c. 0.9 x 0.8 cm., very broadly ovate, subacute at the apex, subequal, the upper and lower very concave, pubescent on the margins, sometimes pubescent outside; lateral sepals pubescent on the margins. Petals 0. Androgynophore c. 2 cm. long, slightly declinate, with a basal flask-shaped nectary c. 7 x 3.5 mm. having a recurved neck and dentate mouth. Stamens 5–6, filaments c. 1 cm. long, glabrous; anthers 3 x 1.5 mm., oblong. Gynophore c. 1 cm. long, glabrous or minutely puberulous. Ovary narrowly cylindric, glabrous or minutely puberulous; ovules numerous, on 2 placentas; stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit 3–4 x 0.4 cm., narrowly cylindric, sub-torulose, minutely verrucose, many-seeded. Seeds c. 2.5 mm. in diam., sub-reniform, dark brown, with concentric rugose ridges, embedded in a bright orange or scarlet, powdery matrix.
Habitat
Dry woodland or bush, often with Acacia spp.
Distribution
Mozambique M between Maputo and Porto Henrique, fl. 22.xi.1947, Mendonça 3502 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique GI Macia, Muianga, fl. 11.vii.1947, Pedro & Pedrógão 1445 (K; LMJ; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Transvaal
Natal
Swaziland
Notes
Gomes e Sousa 3763 (COI; K; PRE) from the Maputo district of Lourenço Marques Province is noticeably pubescent compared with other Mozambique material. It can be matched with material from Natal, however, and intermediate, slightly pubescent forms exist in the Union of S. Africa, so this Mozambique pubescent form is not worthy of separation even at varietal level.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 1, Part 1, page 194, (1960) Author: H. Wild
Names
Cadaba natalensis Sond. [family CAPPARIDACEAE], in Linnaea 23: 8 (1850); in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 59 (1860). — Gilg & Bened. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 53: 228 (1915). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 123 (1926). TAB. 32 fig. C. Type from Natal.
Information
Small shrub 1–2 m. tall with stiff, greyish-brown branches, glabrous or occasionally with a short, coarse pubescence. Leaves alternate or crowded on short lateral spurs; lamina 1.2–3.5 x 0.4–1.5 cm., elliptic or oblanceolate, apex rounded or emarginate, apiculate, cuneate at the base, glabrous on both sides or sparsely pubescent; petiole up to 5 mm. long, pubescent, at least on the upper side. Flowers solitary in the axils of the leaves but becoming racemose in appearance on the short side shoots; pedicels up to 2 cm. long, glabrous or pubescent. Sepals c. 0.9 x 0.8 cm., very broadly ovate, subacute at the apex, subequal, the upper and lower very concave, pubescent on the margins, sometimes pubescent outside; lateral sepals pubescent on the margins. Petals 0. Androgynophore c. 2 cm. long, slightly declinate, with a basal flask-shaped nectary c. 7 x 3.5 mm. having a recurved neck and dentate mouth. Stamens 5–6, filaments c. 1 cm. long, glabrous; anthers 3 x 1.5 mm., oblong. Gynophore c. 1 cm. long, glabrous or minutely puberulous. Ovary narrowly cylindric, glabrous or minutely puberulous; ovules numerous, on 2 placentas; stigma sessile, capitate. Fruit 3–4 x 0.4 cm., narrowly cylindric, sub-torulose, minutely verrucose, many-seeded. Seeds c. 2.5 mm. in diam., sub-reniform, dark brown, with concentric rugose ridges, embedded in a bright orange or scarlet, powdery matrix.
Habitat
Dry woodland or bush, often with Acacia spp.
Distribution
Mozambique M between Maputo and Porto Henrique, fl. 22.xi.1947, Mendonça 3502 (BM; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique GI Macia, Muianga, fl. 11.vii.1947, Pedro & Pedrógão 1445 (K; LMJ; PRE; SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Transvaal
Natal
Swaziland
Notes
Gomes e Sousa 3763 (COI; K; PRE) from the Maputo district of Lourenço Marques Province is noticeably pubescent compared with other Mozambique material. It can be matched with material from Natal, however, and intermediate, slightly pubescent forms exist in the Union of S. Africa, so this Mozambique pubescent form is not worthy of separation even at varietal level.
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