- Family: Anacardiaceae R.Br.
- Genus: Searsia F.A.Barkley
Searsia tenuinervis (Engl.) Moffett
- Genus: Searsia F.A.Barkley
[FTEA]
Anacardiaceae, J. O. Kokwaro (University of Nairobi). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1986
- Morphology General Habit
- A much-branched sometimes thorny shrub or small tree up to 8 m. high; branches with dull greyish rough lenticellate bark, glabrous or glabrescent; branchlets somewhat densely spreading pilose with slender hairs, yellowish.
- Morphology Leaves
- Petiole 1–4 cm. long, convex below, somewhat longitudinally grooved above, pubescent or pilose; median leaflet ovate, obovate, subcircular, ovate-oblong or elliptic, 2.5–11.5 cm. long, 1.5–5(–7) cm. broad, obtuse to rounded or truncate at the apex, subacute or acute to cuneate at the base, often much contracted and subpetiolate; lateral leaflets oblong-ovate to subcircular, 1.5–6 cm. long, 1–4 cm. broad, cuneate at the base; all leaflets discolorous (glaucous or dull green above, paler and generally yellowish below), papyraceous to subcoriaceous, somewhat spreading pubescent on both surfaces, relatively glabrescent or almost glabrous, the upper 2/3 of the margin coarsely crenate or bicrenate, the lower portion entire, rarely the leaflets entire; midrib and lateral nerves prominent beneath; venation scarcely visible.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Panicles up to 15(–25) cm. long, axillary and terminal, lax, the axis and branches pilose; pedicels 1–2 mm. long, articulated below the calyx.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-segments ovate, 0.4–0.6 mm. long, obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 1.2–1.5 mm. long, obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disk 5-lobulate and patelliform.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
- Ovary globose; styles ± 0.4 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Drupe compressed, subquadrangular or subcircular, 5–7 mm. in diameter, pruinose, brownish.
- Habitat
- Wooded grassland and bushland, especially on rocky slopes, hardly in miombo; 900–1950m.
- Distribution
- Zaire, Sudan, Ethiopia and southwards to Cape Province of South Africa K4 K6 T2 T5 T6 T7
[FZ]
Anacardiaceae, Rosette Fernandes and A. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 2:2. 1966
- Morphology General Habit
- A much-branched sometimes thorny shrub or small tree up to 8 m. tall; branches with dull-greyish rough lenticellate bark, glabrous or glabrescent; branchlets ± densely patent-pilose, the hairs slender, yellowish.
- Morphology Leaves Petiole
- Petiole 1–3 cm. long, dorsally convex, slightly canaliculate, ± pilose.
- Morphology Leaves Leaflets
- Leaflets discolorous (glaucous or dull green above, paler and generally yellowish below), papyraceous to subcoriaceous, ± patent-pubescent on both surfaces, rarely glabrescent or almost glabrous, with the margin of the upper 2/3 coarsely crenate or bicrenate or almost lobed with crenate lobes, the lower portion entire or (rarely) the leaflets quite entire; midrib and lateral nerves prominulous above, prominent below, venation scarcely visible; median leaflet 2·5–11·5 × 1·5–5(7) cm., ovate, obovate, subcircular, ovate-oblong or elliptic, obtuse, rounded or truncate at the apex, sometimes subobtuse, subacute or acute, cuneate at the base, often much contracted and subpetiolulate; lateral leaflets 1·5–6 × 1–4 cm., oblong-ovate to subcircular, cuneate at the base.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Panicles up to 15 cm. long, axillary and terminal, lax, the axis and branches pilose; pedicels 1–2 mm. long, articulated below the calyx.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx-segments c. 0·5 mm. long, ovate, obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 1·25–1·5 mm. long, obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disk patelliform, 5-lobulate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary globose; styles c. 0·4 mm. long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Drupe brownish, up to 5 × 7 (8·5) mm., compressed, subquadrangular or subcircular in outline, pruinose.
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Searsia tenuinervis (Engl.) Moffett appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 1962 | Son, G. van [28763], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511017 | |
| Nov 15, 1962 | Son, G. van [28763], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511018 | |
| Story, R. [4889], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511008 | ||
| Pope, G.V. [332], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511016 | ||
| Wild, H. [6973], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511014 | ||
| Wild, H. [6845], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511015 | ||
| Welwitsch [4418], Angola | Rhus tenuinervis | K000423097 | Unknown type material | |
| Baum, H. [744], Angola | Rhus tenuinervis | K000423096 | Unknown type material | |
| Smith, P.P. [21], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511010 | ||
| Smith, P.P. [86], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511011 | ||
| Smith, P.P. [1374], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511013 | ||
| Brown, R.C. [s.n.], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511012 | ||
| Cox, T.J. [339], Botswana | Rhus tenuinervis | K000511009 | ||
| Timberlake, J. [6028], Malawi | Rhus tenuinervis | K000614740 | ||
| Christenhusz, M.J.M., Kamau, P., Mbale, M. [6680], Kenya | Rhus tenuinervis | K000696610 |
First published in Bothalia 37: 172 (2007)
Accepted by
- Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Mannheimer, C.A. & Curtis, B.A. (eds.) (2009). Le Roux and Müller's field guide to the trees and shrubs of Namibia, rev. ed.: 1-525. Macmillan Education Namibia, Windhoek.
- Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D. & de Sousa, C. (2009). Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: 1-71. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
- Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Robyns, W. & al. (eds.) (1948-1963). Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 1-10.
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