Pavetta umtalensis Bremek.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/122446935/122447084

Conservation

LC - least concern

Rubiaceae, D.M.Bridson & B.Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 5:3. 2003

Morphology General Habit

Shrub or small tree (1)2.5–7 m tall; young branches puberulous; older branches slender, covered with fawn bark.

Morphology Leaves

Leaf blades 4.5–11 × 1.5–4.8 cm, narrowly elliptic or elliptic, acuminate at the apex, acuminate to attenuate at the base, drying black, shiny above, glabrous above, sometimes with puberulous nerves beneath; lateral nerves in 7–8 main pairs; domatia pubescent; bacterial nodules dot-like or elliptic, usually few; petiole 0.8–2.5 cm long, often sparsely puberulous; stipule limbs truncate, 1.5–2 mm long, bearing a slender almost filiform lobe up to 5 mm long, glabrous or puberulous outside, chaffy, persistent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers sweet-scented.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescence-supporting branches 5–20 cm long, slender, bearing 1–2 pairs of mature leaves near apex and very often a third pair at about mid-point, or this node naked. Inflorescences moderately lax, 2–5(6.5) cm across (excluding corollas); primary inflorescence branches 0.3–1.2 cm long, puberulous; second- to forth-order branches present; pedicels 1–6 mm long, puberulous; bracts 2.5–3 mm long, stipule-like, membranous to chaffy, light brown when dry; bracteoles on primary branches often conspicuous, the remainder inconspicuous.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx tube 1–1.25 mm long puberulous; limb-tube 1–1.25 mm long, somewhat wider than the tube, sparsely puberulous or glabrous; lobes 0.6–1.5 mm long, linear-subulate, well spaced.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla tube somewhat shorter than lobes, 4–7 mm long, c. 1.25 mm wide at the top, sparsely pubescent or glabrous outside, usually pubescent (but not bearded) at the throat sometimes with hairs extending to base of corolla lobes; lobes 8–9 × 1.5–2 mm, oblong, acute.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit black, shiny, 8–9 mm in diameter; pedicels slightly accrescent; calyx limb persistent.

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Well formed seeds not seen.