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Elachyptera parvifolia

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

(Oliver) N. Hallé

Common Names

• Sand Paddle-pod

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Northern Provinces - South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge near river
• woodland
• dry woodland
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Dec-Mar (Zimbabwe)

Fruiting Times

Glabrous shrub or small tree, often a scandent or scrambling liana with coriaceous leaves 50mm x 25mm. Simple axillary dichasia or cymes, dark yellow-green to cream flowers with white anthers, petals to 1.7mm long. Purplish-brown fruit 58mm x 21mm

Further References

• Mobot
• Botanicus
• Fzim
• Jstor
• FOTA
• The Plant List 2