PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / MALVALES / MALVACEAE / DOMBEYOIDEAE / MELHANIA / INTEGRA
Shrublet, 20-45 cm tall with several slender woody stems from a woody rootstock, laxly branched; branches shortly and densely tomentose, sometimes, in new growth reddish-brown lepidote stellate scales are obvious. Stipules subulate, 6-15 mm long. Leaves on flowering branches clustered towards the apex, entire (very rarely lower leaves shallowly toothed in part), finely and densely velvety tomentose on the upper surface, greyish tomentose beneath with reddish, lepidote, stellate scales usually obvious, especially on the nerves, narrowly lanceolate-elliptic, mostly 2-6.5 cm long and 6.4-1.2 cm broad, sometimes up to 1.8 cm broad, nerves prominent beneath, obscure above, basal nerves 3, rarely 5, base subrounded, apex subacute or rounded, mucronate; petiole 0.4-1 cm long, tomentose with a few to many reddish-brown, lepidote stellate scales obvious. Inflorescence axillary in the upper leaves, 1-3-flowered; peduncle 4-20 mm long, pedicels 3-14 mm long, both tomentose with scattered reddish-brown stellate scales obvious in parts. Epicalyx-bracts ovate acuminate, rounded to cordate at the base, about 12 mm long, 6 mm broad near the base, tomentose on both surfaces with the lepidote scales obvious on the outside. Calyx-lobes lanceolate, acuminate, about 15 mm long, 3.5 mm broad near the base, tomentose and lepidote without. Petals canary yellow, turning brownish at maturity, broadest at the apex, about 16 mm long, 10-14 mm broad at apex. Stamens with filaments 1 mm long, anthers 3-4 mm long, staminodes 9 mm long. Ovary subglobose, about 3 mm diam., white tomentose; style about 6-8 mm long, branches 1.5-3 mm long; ovules 7 in each locule. Capsule about 10 mm long, 8 mm diam., shortly tomentose and scaly, the scales bearing short hairs. From: Verdoorn, IC. 1981. Revision of Melhania in southern Africa. Bothalia 13(3 & 4): 263-273. [CC BY]
Shrublet, up to 450 mm tall. Leaves velvety tomentose on upper surface, margins entire, lamina mostly narrower than 25 mm. Style 6-8 mm long. Flowers canary-yellow. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
The entire, velvety-tomentose leaves, together with the long style and large petals, characterize the species. It resembles M. randii Bak. f. from Zimbabwe in the entire leaves but differs, among other things, in the pubescence on the upper surface of the leaves, the larger flowers and the ovate-cordate epicalyx. The specimen from Abel Erasmus Pass is not quite as velvety as the Wolkberg specimens. From: Verdoorn, IC. 1981. Revision of Melhania in southern Africa. Bothalia 13(3 & 4): 263-273. [CC BY]
Growing on rocky hillsides among grass in shallow soil over dolomite. From: Verdoorn, IC. 1981. Revision of Melhania in southern Africa. Bothalia 13(3 & 4): 263-273. [CC BY]
Rocky hillsides among grass in shallow soil on dolomite. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Recorded from the Wolkberg, the northern extremity of the Transvaal Drakensberg and at the top of Abel Erasmus Pass. This species occurs abundantly in the area which lies south-east of Boyne in the Pietersburg District and on the borders of the Letaba District. From: Verdoorn, IC. 1981. Revision of Melhania in southern Africa. Bothalia 13(3 & 4): 263-273. [CC BY]
October to April
975 to 1830 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
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Malvales
FAMILY Malvaceae
SUBFAMILY Dombeyoideae
GENUS Melhania
SPECIES integra
12 results for Melhania integra I.Verd.
Barcode: PRE0632460-0 Collector(s) & number: Codd, LEW, 10407 | 1963-12-19
South Africa, Limpopo, PIETERSBURG DIST.; WOLKBERG; 12.5 MILES SE. OF BOYNE PAARDEVLEI
General notes: Perenial shrublet 12-18ft stems.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0283474-0 Collector(s) & number: Codd, LEW, 10407 | 1963-12-19
South Africa, Limpopo, PIETERSBURG DIST.; WOLKBERG; 12.5 MI. SE. OF BOYNE PAARDEVLEI
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0891571-0 Collector(s) & number: Meyer, JJ, 5243 | 2010-12-7
South Africa, Northern Cape, 10 km south of Niekerkshoop on Prieska-Niekerkshoop road. Area west of road.
General notes: Orange River Nama Karoo. Slope: steep. Linear leaves greyish-green, stems reddish.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0285093-0 Collector(s) & number: Mauve, AA, 4790 | 1969-4-17
South Africa, Limpopo, ABEL ERASMUS PASS; PARKING AREA AT TOP OF PASS SLOPE ABOVE
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Barcode: PRE0285092-0 Collector(s) & number: Codd, LEW, 10433 | 1963-12-20
South Africa, Limpopo, PIETERSBURG DIST.; WOLKBERG; 22.5 MI. 5. OF BOYNE ON RD. TO ISLAND BLUE ASBESTOS MINE
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Barcode: PRE0285096-0 Collector(s) & number: Leistner, OA, 3296 | 1968-8-21
South Africa, Limpopo, DAVIESVILLE; 11 MI. NNE OF DAVIESVILLE
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Barcode: PRE0285095-0 Collector(s) & number: Codd, LEW, 10407 | 1963-12-19
South Africa, Limpopo, PIETERSBURG DIST.; WOLKBERG; 12.5 MILES SE. OF BOYNE PAARDEVLEI
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Barcode: PRE0739126-0 Collector(s) & number: Venter, S, 10709 | 1985-6-4
South Africa, Limpopo, WOLKBERG; PAARDEVLEI 201KS FAR; DOLOMITES.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0354483-0 Collector(s) & number: Van Vuuren, DRJ, 1316 | 1961-11-5
South Africa, Limpopo, PIETERSBURG DIST.; WOLKBERG PLATEAU; 16 MI. S. OF BOYNE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0549939-0 Collector(s) & number: Fourie, E, 601 | 1980--
South Africa, Limpopo, THE DOWNS; DUBLIN ASBESTOS MINE; DALTON 87 KT FARM ABOVE MINE IN KLOOF S. OF THE DOWNS
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Barcode: PRE0283475-0 Collector(s) & number: Codd, LEW, 10407 | 1963-12-19
South Africa, Limpopo, PIETERSBURG
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Barcode: PRE0285094-0 Collector(s) & number: Verdoorn, IC, 2474 | 1965-10-19
South Africa, Limpopo, PIETERSBURG DIST.; WOLKBERG; PAARDEVLEI
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
1997
SERIES
Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters Retief, E; Herman, PPJStrelitzia 6: 1-681
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
1981
No results found for Melhania integra I.Verd.
Status and criteria
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Plantae Coordinator
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