Nymania capensis
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Flower
27 Sep 2008
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Young seed capsule
27 Sep 2008
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Flower
27 Sep 2008
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Flower
17 Mar 2007
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Habit
04 Jul 2006
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Seed capsule
04 Jul 2006
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Full name: | Nymania capensis (Thunb.) Lindb. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Klapperbos, Stuipebos |
| English common name(s): | Chinese lantern(s), Lantern bush, Christmas bells |
| Synonym(s): | Aitonia capensis Thunb. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Stiff shrub. BARK white to pale grey. LEAVES simple, almost sessile; linear-oblong, small, olive-green. FLOWERS solitary, tubular, pink to scarlet-red. FRUIT an inflated capsule; balloon-like, thin, papery, fourlobed; red when 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: | 13 May 2012 |
