Philenoptera nelsii
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Habit
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Habit
18 Sep 2013
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Full name: | Philenoptera nelsii (Schinz) Schrire |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Appelblaar |
| English common name(s): | Kalahari apple-leaf, Apple-leaf lance-pod, Kalahari lance-pod |
| Synonym(s): | Dalbergia nelsii Schinz Derris violacea (Klotzsch) Harms - p.p. quoad Welwitch 1879 Lonchocarpus capassa auct. - sensu Hiern, non Rolfe-- misapplied name Lonchocarpus laxiflorus Guill. & Perr. var. sericeus Baker Lonchocarpus nelsii (Schinz) Schinz ex Heering & Grimme |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Deciduous shrub or tree. Bark yellowish-grey, smooth to slightly roughish. Leaves usually unifoliolate, rarely 3-foliolate, oblong to ovate, up to 12 x 5.5 cm, stiff and leathery, usually nearly hairless above, more or less densely velvety below; margin entire. Inflorescences axillary or terminal sprays, up to 30 cm long, usually appearing before the new leaves. Flowers mauve, lilac or purplish. Pod flattened, linear, 5-9 x 1 cm, finely velvety, straw-coloured, indehiscent. |
| 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 |
