Cleistanthus schlechteri

Short description: Species of tree

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

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]

## Contents

* 1 Subspecies and status
* 2 Description
* 2.1 General
* 2.2 Leaves
* 2.3 Flowers
* 2.4 Fruits
* 3 References

## 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

1. ↑ W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), 1915 In: Fl. Cap. 5(2): 382
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.
3. ↑ WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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 protected trees.pdf.
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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