PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / MALPIGHIALES / SALICACEAE / SCOLOPIEAE / SCOLOPIA / OREOPHILA
Tree up to 13 m high, 23 cm d.b.h., spines on young plants and coppice shoots. Branchlets glabrous, puberulous at apex. Leaf-blade rhombic-elliptic (coppice shoot leaves ovate), 2-3 cm long, 1-1.7 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cuneate (wedge-shaped), margin distantly serrate-crenate, teeth callose, midrib prominent below, lateral veins 5-6 pairs, subimmersed, coriaceous, glabrous; petiole 2-4 mm long, red, thickish. Flowers solitary in leaf axils, sessile, bracteolate at base, (4)5-merous. Sepals narrowly elliptic to broadly ovate, slightly concave, 2-2.5 mm long, 1-2 mm wide. Petals not seen. Disc annular, of orange-coloured, fleshy lobes, 0.5 mm long, glabrous. Stamens 15-25; filaments 2.5-3 mm long, glabrous; anthers oblong, 0.5 mm long, sometimes with short black bristles. Ovary ellipsoid to ovoid, 2-3 mm long, 2 mm wide, glabrous; ovules 3; style 2.5-3 mm long, glabrous; stigma bilobed with each lobe faintly bilobed. Fruit not seen. From: Killick, DJB. 1976. Flacourtiaceae (including Samydaceae). Fl. S. Africa 22: 53-92. BRI, Dept. Agric. & Tech. Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Can be distinguished from S. flanaganii by the leaves which are somewhat rhombic in shape with an acuminate apex, 5 or 6 pairs of veins and reddish petioles and the sessile, solitary flowers. From: Killick, DJB. 1976. Flacourtiaceae (including Samydaceae). Fl. S. Africa 22: 53-92. BRI, Dept. Agric. & Tech. Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]
It occurs along the margin of streambank scrub and forest. From: Killick, DJB. 1976. Flacourtiaceae (including Samydaceae). Fl. S. Africa 22: 53-92. BRI, Dept. Agric. & Tech. Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Known only from the Utrecht District of Natal. From: Killick, DJB. 1976. Flacourtiaceae (including Samydaceae). Fl. S. Africa 22: 53-92. BRI, Dept. Agric. & Tech. Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]
0 to 1770 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature
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Names and Sources
Scolopia flanaganii (Bolus) Sim var. oreophila Sleumer
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pongola redpear | English | Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia. | |
| pongolarooipeer | Afrikaans | Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia. | |
| Wakkerstroom redpear | English | Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia. | |
| wakkerstroomrooipeer | Afrikaans | Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia. |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Malpighiales
FAMILY Salicaceae
TRIBE Scolopieae
GENUS Scolopia
SPECIES oreophila
15 results for Scolopia oreophila (Sleumer) Killick
Barcode: PRE0793655-0 Collector(s) & number: Jordaan, M, 2678 | 1993-5-15
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Utrecht District; Nauwhoek Farm.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0133697-0 Collector(s) & number: Nichols, G, s.n. | 2005-2-9
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Road from Luneberg to Wakkerstroom about 10km up a pass.
General notes: Biome: grassland. Habitat: mountain peak. Substrate: soil. Moisture regime: well-drained. Soil type: loam. Lithology: dolerite. Exposure: full sun. Slope: moderate. Biotic effect: roadside. Life form: tree. Plant features: just over flowering young fruit set. Plant height: 6m.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0300021-0 Collector(s) & number: Devenish, NJ, 1319 | 1966-3-2
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, UTRECHT DISTRICT.; RETIREMENT FARM
General notes: A small evergreen tree flowering in summer.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0300020-0 Collector(s) & number: Killick, DJB, 4057 | 1972-1-28
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Retirement Farm.
General notes: 9" d.b.h.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0300018-0 Collector(s) & number: Devenish, NJ, 1141 | 1964-8-10
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Utrech District.; Naauwhoek .
General notes: Streambank scrub, also evergreen mountain forest. A shrub or tree, sometimes a large tree in forests. Evergreen- no fruits or flowers seen.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0300019-0 Collector(s) & number: Devenish, NJ, 528 | 1961-1-21
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Utrecht District.; Donkerhook.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0136758-0 Collector(s) & number: Nichols, G, s.n. | 2005-2-9
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Road from Luneberg to Wakkerstroom about 10 km up a pass.
General notes: Biome: grassland. Slope: moderate. Just overflowering young fruit set.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0632689-0 Collector(s) & number: Burrows, JE, 6033 | 1997-11-24
South Africa, Mpumalanga, 'Ekebergia Falls': Ryton Estate, Ngodwana.
General notes: Large tree to 15m tall, in semi-deciduous forest (Ekebergia-Celtis-Drypetes) in sheltered gulley on mountain slopes, in montane grassland. Sterile. Only one spec seen. Conf: JJ Meyer 1999
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0594042-0 Collector(s) & number: Burrows, JE, 6080 | 1997-2-26
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Marakana Hiking Trail, Farm Knapdaar 92JT, Lydenburg District.
General notes: Small shrubby tree in high kloof forest.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0994368-0 Collector(s) & number: Burrows, JE, 11065 | 2009-2-21
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Wakkerstroom. Oshoek (Devenish's farm), upper part of stream valley N of homestead.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
1976
FLORA
Flacourtiaceae (including Samydaceae) Killick, DJBFlora of Southern Africa 22: 53-92
BRI, Dept. Agric. & Tech. Services, Pretoria
No results found for Scolopia oreophila (Sleumer) Killick
Status and criteria
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Assessor(s)
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