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Drooping Ironwood

Vepris reflexa Verdoorn

Derivation of specific name

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reflexa: reflexed, referring to the typically curling leaflets
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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). Vepris reflexa I. Verd. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133120
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Shrub or small tree. Bark pale to dark grey, fairly smooth. Leaves drooping, 3-foliolate; leaflets curling upwards, narrowly elliptic, 3-8 cm long, glossy green with conspicuous venation, leathery, distinctly gland-dotted, aromatic when crushed; margin entire. Flowers in short axillary heads, greenish. Fruit ellipsoid, c. 1.2 cm, fleshy, orange-red when ripe.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Vepris reflexa I. Verd. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133120
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, S Africa
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Vepris reflexa I. Verd. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133120
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe