Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
apiculatum: with a short sharp point (apiculate)
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Combretum apiculatum Sond.
subsp. apiculatum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141790
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Small to medium-sized deciduous tree. Leaves opposite, narrowly to broadly obovate-elliptic or ovate, often with a slender tip to an otherwise rounded apex; margin entire. Flowers in axillary spikes, creamy-green to yellow, strongly scented. Fruit 4-winged, reddish-brown when ripe.
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Combretum apiculatum Sond.
subsp. apiculatum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141790
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Combretum apiculatum Sond.
subsp. apiculatum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141790
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and S Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Combretum apiculatum Sond.
subsp. apiculatum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=141790
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
