Cleistanthus schlechteri

Cleistanthus schlechteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Phyllanthaceae
Genus:	Cleistanthus
Species:	C. schlechteri
Binomial name
	Cleistanthus schlechteri; (Pax) Hutch.
Synonyms
	Securinega schlechteri Pax

Short description: Species of tree

Cleistanthus schlechteri^[1] is a plant species first described by Pax, with its current name after Hutchinson; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae.^[2]^[3]

Subspecies and status

The following subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life:^[2]

C. s. pubescens
C. s. schlechteri

Cleistanthus schlechteri var. schlechteri (False Tamboti, Zulu: Umzithi) is a protected tree in South Africa .^[4]

Description

General

Small tree (up to 6 m), deciduous, multi or single stemmed, fairly upright and minimally spreading crown. Many twigs and branches, trunks pale buff-grey, bark cracks into small, flat, more or less rectangular blocks.^[5]

Leaves

Simple, borne on very short, gnarled, lateral twigs. Very small, oval to obovate, smooth, glabrous, marginally entire, dark green and glossy above.^[5]

Flowers

Both the sexes are borne on separate trees in small bunches, yellow-green to pale green; (October/November).^[5]

Fruits

Capsules 10 x 8 mm, glabrous and glossy; brown to dark-brown when ripe (January/February).^[5]

References

↑ W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), 1915 In: Fl. Cap. 5(2): 382
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/9789475.
↑ WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
↑ "Protected Trees". Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa. 3 May 2013. http://www2.dwaf.gov.za/dwaf/cmsdocs/4116___poster%20protected%20trees.pdf.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Van Wyk, Piet (2008). Field guide to the TREES of the Kruger National Park. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-77007-759-1.

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[C132-1] W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), 1915 In: Fl. Cap. 5(2): 382

[COL-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Roskov Y.; Kunze T. (2014). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist.". in Didžiulis V.. Species 2000: Reading, UK.. http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2014/details/species/id/9789475.

[source-3] WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[dwaf-4] "Protected Trees". Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, Republic of South Africa. 3 May 2013. http://www2.dwaf.gov.za/dwaf/cmsdocs/4116___poster%20protected%20trees.pdf.

[PvanWyk-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Van Wyk, Piet (2008). Field guide to the TREES of the Kruger National Park. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-77007-759-1.

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