Catophractes alexandri
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Leaves
26 May 2006
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Fruit and seed
16 Jun 2008
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Branch with spines
28 Sep 2006
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Flowers (white form)
13 Dec 2008
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Habit
13 Dec 2008
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Flower (pink form)
21 Dec 2008
| Family: | Bignoniaceae |
| Full name: | Catophractes alexandri D.Don |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Ghabbabos, Trompetdoring, Trompetterdoring, Swartdoring, Papwielbos, Skaapbos |
| English common name(s): | Trumpet thorn, Rattle pod, Rattle tree |
| Synonym(s): | Catophractes kolbeana Harv. fide Fl. Cap. Catophractes welwitschii Seem. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Rigid shrub. BRANCHES pairs at right angles to each other; bearing straight thorns that are grey and densely woolly at first, becoming brown-black later. LEAVES simple, obovate to oblong; densely grey-woolly, paler below than above; veins prominent below; margin toothed and wavy. FLOWERS solitary, trumpet-shaped with long tube; white to pale pink. FRUIT a woody, warty capsule that rattles when shaken and splits open when the seeds are ripe. (from Tree Atlas of Namibia) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 22 Nov 2011 |
