Combretaceae
Terminalia

Terminalia prunioides M.A.Lawson

First published in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 415 (1871)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. & S. Ethiopia to S. Africa. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Botswana, Caprivi Strip, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Somalia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L. (eds.) (2003). Plants of Southern Africa an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 1-1231. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Launert, E. (ed.) (1978). Flora Zambesiaca 4: 1-658. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Wickens, G.E. (1973). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Combretaceae: 1-99.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • 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.
  • Thulin, M. (ed.) (1993). Flora of Somalia 1: 1-493. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony ed. 2: 31 (1936).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 153, fig. 30/i (1961).
  • Engl. & Diels in Monographieen Afrikanischer Pflanzen-Familien und Gattungen 4: 22, t. 11/A (1900).
  • Exell in Kirkia 7: 231 (1970).
  • Griffiths in Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Botany 55: 829, fig. 3 (1959).
  • Laws. in Flora of Tropical Africa 2: 415 (1871).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 23, 2008 Crawford, F. [55] Namibia K000450439 No
Sep 23, 2008 Crawford, F. [45] Namibia K000450438 No
Jul 1, 1970 Holst, C. [2381] Tanzania K000413944 Unknown Type Material Yes
Ruffo [2485] Tanzania K004647514 Yes
Rose lunes; Trump, E.C. [962] Somalia K004647005 Yes
M.M.C.; M.M.; A.F.B.; A.D.B. [s.n.] Botswana K004648227 Yes
Bally, P.R.O.; Classen, G.A. [B13101] Kenya K004647451 Yes
Goodier, R. [693] Zimbabwe K004648198 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [1465] Zambia K004648195 Yes
[B. Vundla] [3] Zimbabwe K004648208 Yes
Friis, I.; Weberbauer, O.; Abebe, W.; Abubaker Atem; Ermias Getachew [15115] Ethiopia K004646992 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2134] South Africa K004329908 No
Peter, G.A. [11390] Tanzania K004647518 Yes
Westfall, R.H. [1683] South Africa K004329902 No
Pope, G.V. [234] Botswana K000489138 Yes
Rodin, R.J. [4866] Zimbabwe K004648203 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24389] Somalia K004646999 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F.; Watson, R.M.; Julin, H. [25275] Somalia K004646998 Yes
Germishuizen, G. [00419] South Africa K004329922 No
Bally, P.R.O. [B1714] Kenya K004647501 Yes
Maiato, F.; Camôngua, J. [FM1914] Angola K001622240 Yes
Hansen, O.J. [3052] Botswana K000489139 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2147] South Africa K004329906 No
Thomas, H. [4] Botswana K004648220 Yes
Rawlins, S.P. [332] Kenya K004647506 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [134] Botswana K004648223 Yes
Simon, B.K. [717] Zimbabwe K004648213 Yes
Richards, H.M. [14845] Botswana K000489135 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2673] South Africa K004329909 No
de Winter, B. [3705] Namibia K004329931 No
Lawson [s.n.] Botswana K004648226 Yes
Hemming, C.F.; Deshmukh, I. [JESS/SS/220] Somalia K004647006 Yes
Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [95/43] Tanzania K004647513 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Ermias Getachew; Malaku Wondefrash [9968] Ethiopia K004646988 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000413927 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dinter [6900] South Africa K004329913 No
de Beer, J.S. [D58] Botswana K004648229 Yes
Chase, N.C. [361] Zimbabwe K004648212 Yes
Maiato, F.; Camôngua, J. [1116] Angola K001581908 Yes
Ward, J.D. [97] Angola K001604375 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B.; Abdisalam Sheikh Hassan [4904] Somalia K004647004 Yes
Plowes, D.C.H. [1972] Zimbabwe K004648216 Yes
Friis, I.; Vollesen, K.B.; Abdisalam Sheikh Hassan [4901] Somalia K004647003 Yes
Phelps, R.J. [99] Zimbabwe K004648217 Yes
White, F. [2357] Zambia K004648194 Yes
Friis, I.; Weberbauer, O.; Abebe, W.; Abubaker Atem; Ermias Getachew [15298] Ethiopia K004646986 Yes
Gerstner, J. [5463] South Africa K004329904 No
[A. Eugler] [6265] South Africa K004329924 No
Rattray, J.M. [1222] Zimbabwe K004648204 Yes
Leach, L.C. [10667] Zimbabwe K004648210 Yes
Vahrmeijer, J. [1526] South Africa K004329917 No
Rogers, F.A. [24820] Namibia K004329930 No
Retief; Herman [119] South Africa K004329921 No
Friis, I.; Sebsebe, D.; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [14875] Ethiopia K004646987 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [15574] Kenya K004647498 Yes
Friis, I.; Weberbauer, O.; Abebe, W.; Abubaker Atem; Ermias Getachew [15065] Ethiopia K004646993 Yes
Burgoyne, P.M. [3078] K004329875 No
Dale, I.R. [745] Kenya K004647449 Yes
Wanntorp, H.; Wanntorp, H.E. [270] Namibia K004329928 No
Erens, J. [321] Botswana K004648222 Yes
Goodier, J.H. [85] Zimbabwe K004648209 Yes
Gilbert, M.G.; K. Vollesen [8293] Ethiopia K004646989 Yes
Kilian, N.; Lobin, W. [2182] Somalia K004646996 Yes
Allen, C.E.J. [122] Zimbabwe K004648214 Yes
Tardelli, M.; Bavazzano, R. [891] Somalia K004646994 Yes
Potgieter, J.A. [43] Namibia K004329927 No
Goodier, J.H. [85] Zimbabwe K004648207 Yes
Schlieben, H. [9236] South Africa K004329911 No
Rawlins, S.P. [334] Kenya K004647508 Yes
Miller, O.B. [1308] Botswana K000489136 Yes
Angus, A. [2930] Zambia K004648197 Yes
Hoogh, R.J., de [134] Botswana K000489137 Yes
Noel, A.R.A. [1870] Zimbabwe K004648201 Yes
Heath, A.; Heath, R. [2204] Botswana K004648228 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000413926 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pole-Evans, I.B.; Burtt Davy, J. [H13101] South Africa K004329925 No
Nel, J.P. [161] South Africa K004329915 No
Polhill; Paulo [659] Kenya K004647505 Yes
Hutchinson, J. [2134] South Africa K004329907 No
Manktelow; Mziray; Pocs [89246] Tanzania K004647511 Yes
O.S.V. [191] South Africa K004329926 No
Bainbridge, W.R. [291/57] Zambia K004648196 Yes
Wild, H. [2295] Zimbabwe K004648205 Yes
Friis, I.; Tadesse, M.; Vollesen, K.B. [2884] Ethiopia K004646985 Yes
Scheffler, G. [194] Kenya K004647500 Yes
de Winter, B. [3824] Namibia K004329932 No
Robson, N.K.B.; Angus [980] Zambia K004648193 Yes
Van Hoepen, E. [1818] South Africa K004329903 No
Rodin, R.J. [2639] Namibia K004329929 No
Friis, I.; Sebsebe, D.; Abubaker Atem; Abebe, W.; Ermias Getachew [15520] Ethiopia K004646991 Yes
Goodier, R. [641] Zimbabwe K004648200 Yes
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12752] Kenya K004647502 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24697] Somalia K004647007 Yes
Rawlins, S. [335] Kenya K004647509 Yes
Poilecot, P. [7628] Zimbabwe K004648211 Yes
Werger, M.J.A. [990] South Africa K004329920 No
Allen, A. [288] Botswana K000489140 Yes
Van Vuuren, D.R.J. [1222] South Africa K004329910 No
Dyer, R.A. [4313] K004329876 No
Rodin, R.J. [4515] Zimbabwe K004648202 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Assefa Hailu; Ermias Getachew [11076] Ethiopia K004646990 Yes
Kirk, J. [s.n.] Mozambique K000413928 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thompson, M.F. [1668] Botswana K004648221 Yes
Kasmi, S.M.A.; Elmi; Radoi [627] Somalia K004646997 Yes
Smith, P.A.; Kemoreile, K.; Mafokate, D.; Mathibidi, K.; Mosimanyana, E.; Dickson, S. [6] Botswana K004648218 Yes
Leach, L.C. [11581] Zimbabwe K004648206 Yes
Schlieben; Hartmann [12010] South Africa K004329919 No
Werdermann, E.; Oberdieck, H.D. [1975] South Africa K004329912 No
Phipps, J.B. [1366] Zimbabwe K004648199 Yes
Peter, G.A. [11088] Tanzania K004647517 Yes
Peck, C.J. [353] Somalia K004646995 Yes
Martin, J.D. [540/33] Zambia K004648192 Yes
Owens, M. [30] Botswana K004648219 Yes
Polhill, R.; Paulo, S. [659] Kenya K004647504 Yes
Rawlins, S.P. [333] Kenya K004647507 Yes
Rawlins, S. [358] Kenya K004647510 Yes
Gillett [2998] South Africa K004329916 No
Richards, H.M. [14626] Botswana K000489134 Yes
Wilson, G. [59] Kenya K004647450 Yes
Van Son, G. [28818] Botswana K004329923 No
de Winter, B. [8674] South Africa K004329918 No
Hernderson, L. [181] South Africa K004329905 No
Ament, J.G. [504] Kenya K004647499 Yes
Long, D.G.; Rae, D.A.H. [142] Botswana K000489141 Yes
Dinter [6900] South Africa K004329914 No
Greenway, P.J.; Kanuri [12640] Kenya K004647503 Yes
Gillett, J.B.; Hemming, C.F. [24730] Somalia K004647002 Yes
Rosekines, R.; Trump, E.C. [1035] Somalia K004647000 Yes
Warfa, A.M.; Yusuf, A.W. [1136] Somalia K004647001 Yes
Peter, G.A. [13452] Tanzania K004647515 Yes
Trapnell, C.G. [2223] Kenya K004647452 Yes
Peter, G.A. [13426] Tanzania K004647516 Yes
Abdallah, R.; Vollesen, K.B. [95/162] Tanzania K004647512 Yes
Davies, R.M. [1991] Zimbabwe K004648215 Yes
Hochobes, M.M. [MH1140] Terminalia rautanenii K004329870 No
Gerstner, J. [5761a] Terminalia rautanenii K004329868 No
Schinz, H. [433] South Africa Terminalia rautanenii K000413908 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rodin, R.J. [4236] Terminalia rautanenii K004329871 No

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