Montinia caryophyllacea
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Seed capsules
27 Sep 2008
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Seed capsule with seeds
27 Sep 2008
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Female flower
14 Dec 2008
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Male flowers
21 Dec 2008
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Leaves
18 Mar 2007
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Leaves and fruit capsules
21 Mar 2008
| Family: | Montiniaceae |
| Full name: | Montinia caryophyllacea Thunb. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Peperbos, Peperbossie, Bergklapper, Bergklapperbos, T'iena, Wilde naeltjiebos |
| English common name(s): | Wild clove-bush, Pepperbush |
| Synonym(s): | Montinia acris L.f. Montinia frutescens Gaertn. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Semi-deciduous, lax shrub. LEAVES simple; linear-oblong to broadly lanceolate to elliptic, 15–70 mm long; pale green, smooth, with a dull, waxy coating; margin entire. INFLORESCENCE male and female flowers on separate plants. FLOWERS small, waxy, white; male flowers shallow, in small terminal sprays; female flowers solitary with a large inferior ovary below the small, flat corolla. FRUIT a papery-woody, ovoid capsule, 15–20 mm long, splitting into two valves. SEEDS flat, with a membranous wing. (from Tree Atlas of Namibia) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
