Ehretia namibiensis namibiensis
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Leafy branch with fruit
28 Apr 2018
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Leafy branch with fruit
28 Apr 2018
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Full name: | Ehretia namibiensis Retief & A.E.van Wyk subsp. namibiensis |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | - |
| English common name(s): | - |
| Synonym(s): | Ehretia amoena auct. - sensu Friedr.-Holzh. p.p. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Shrub. BARK light grey; stems with scattered bristles and glands. LEAVES alternate or clustered on older branches; broadly obovate to broadly elliptic, 20–50 mm long; sparsely hairy on both sides, dull yellowish-green; midrib with glandular bristles below; margin entire to shallowly toothed; apex rounded, notched or with a small point; base tapering. FLOWERS lavender blue or light mauve; 8–9 mm long; corolla lobes shorter than tube; flower stalk and calyx with dense glandular hairs. FRUIT a fleshy berry, almost round, 5–6 mm. This is a recently described species with two subspecies. Subspecies kaokoensis occurs in the northwest and subsp. namibiensis in the rest of the country. (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 |
