PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / GENTIANALES / APOCYNACEAE / APOCYNOIDEAE / MALOUETIEAE / PACHYPODIUM / SAUNDERSII
Succulent shrub up to 1.5 m high with a large, tuberous stem, often irregularly shaped, up to 1 m in diameter, mostly above ground, bearing 1-several branches. Branches erect, simple or sparingly branched, thick at the base and tapering rapidly to 5-10 mm in diameter, glabrous, with a thin, papery bark. Leaves sessile, scattered or in axillary fascicles, oblanceolate, obovate or obovate-elliptic, 3.8-8 cm long and 1.2-4 cm broad, apex rounded to subacute, narrowly cuneate at the base, either completely glabrous or with margin and midrib on the underside spinulose-pubescent, otherwise glabrous, secondary nerves not evident; stipules spiny, arising from a small cushion; spines on long shoots in spreading pairs 2-3.7 cm long, those on the short axillary shoots shorter. Inflorescence terminal, consisting of several-flowered cymes, glabrous; bracts small, lanceolate, early deciduous; pedicels 2-4 mm long. Flowers large, showy, white suffused with reddish purple under the corolla lobes and on the tube. Calyx 4-5 mm long, glabrous; sepals ovate, acuminate. Corolla salver-shaped; tube 2.5-3.5 cm long, narrowly cylindrical and 2 mm in diameter for 1 cm, dilated abruptly to 5-6 mm in diameter at the point of insertion of the anthers and then gradually attenuate to 4 mm at the throat, glabrous without, hairy within; lobes spreading, obliquely obovate, 1.6-2 cm long and 1.4-1.8 cm broad, straight on one margin, convex and crisped on the other, apex acute to acuminate. Stamens 5; anthers linear-lanceolate, shortly sagittate, 9-11 mm long, united in a cone, subsessile. Disc cupular, deeply 5-lobed. Ovary of 2 free carpels; style filiform; stigma cylindrical with a basal rim. Fruit of 2 follicular mericarps 8-10 cm long and 1 cm in diameter, attenuate at the apex, glabrous. Seeds numerous, ovoid, compressed, 9 mm long with an apical coma of whitish hairs 2 cm long; cotyledons flat, rotund, shorter than the radicle; endosperm scanty. From: Codd, LEW. 1963. Apocynaceae. Fl. S. Africa 26: 244-296. Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Succulent shrub, up to 1.5 m high. Leaves obovate-elliptic, ± twice as long as broad, wider than 10 mm, sparingly pubescent on midrib below and margin fimbriate, otherwise glabrous. Corolla salver-shaped; tube subcylindrical, dilated at insertion of stamens. Flowers white suffused with reddish purple under corolla lobes and on tube. 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]
Grows among rocks, often in rock crevices, in relatively dry, lowveld woodland. From: Codd, LEW. 1963. Apocynaceae. Fl. S. Africa 26: 244-296. Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]
Among rocks, often in rock crevices, in relatively dry, lowveld woodland. 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]
Occurring in Zululand, Swaziland, eastern and northern Transvaal, southern Rhodesia and Mozambique. From: Codd, LEW. 1963. Apocynaceae. Fl. S. Africa 26: 244-296. Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria. [CC BY]
January to June
75 to 1200 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
FSA
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BOT
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ESW
LES
WC
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KZN
LP
MP
NW
Absent
Indigenous
Endemic
Naturalised
Invasive
Names and Sources
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
|---|---|---|---|
| insema-yamatshe | Zulu | Pooley, ES. 1998. A field guide to wildflowers KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern region, 1 ed. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban. | |
| isihlehle | Zulu | Pooley, ES. 1998. A field guide to wildflowers KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern region, 1 ed. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban. | |
| koedoelelie | Afrikaans | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. | |
| Koedoelelie | Afrikaans | Pooley, ES. 1998. A field guide to wildflowers KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern region, 1 ed. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban. | |
| kudu lily | English | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. | |
| Kudu lily | English | Pooley, ES. 1998. A field guide to wildflowers KwaZulu-Natal and the eastern region, 1 ed. Natal Flora Publications Trust, Durban. | |
| rathbonia | English | Phillips, EP; Smith, CA; Van Hoepen, E. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. South Africa 35: 1-642. Government Printer, Pretoria. |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Gentianales
FAMILY Apocynaceae
SUBFAMILY Apocynoideae
TRIBE Malouetieae
GENUS Pachypodium
SPECIES saundersii
61 results for Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br.
Year
Barcode: PRE0494258-0 Collector(s) & number: Culverwell, J, 722 | 1977-4-9
Eswatini, LUBOMBO MTS.; MBULUZI GORGE; BLUE JAY RANCH 3.5 MI. S. OF W. ENTRANCE TO GORGE
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0868013-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 13556 | 2016-11-18
South Africa, Limpopo, Western Soutpansberg. Leshiba Wilderness Area. Hamasha Bush Camp, along trail. ±40 km WNW of Louis Trichardt and 28 km ENE of Vivo. 22°58'43.7"S 29°31'42.8"E.
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Barcode: PRE0344560-0 Collector(s) & number: Meeuse, ADJ, 10229 | 1957-4-3
South Africa, Limpopo, ZOUTPANSBERG DIST.; WYLLIE'S POORT P.O.; .75MI. FROM THE POORT NEAR PICNIC SPOT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0864771-0 Collector(s) & number: Bester, SP, 12614 | 2015-4-6
South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria, Doornpoort.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344564-0 Collector(s) & number: Van der Schijff, HP, 660 | 1952-8-19
South Africa, Mpumalanga, KRUGER NAT. PARK; SHABIN
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Barcode: NH0046841-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 3072 | 1957-5-3
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ubombo District. Mkuzi Game Reserve.
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Barcode: NH0111045-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 31441 | 1962-4-4
Eswatini, Stegi District. Mbuluzi Poort.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0638957-0 Collector(s) & number: Venter, S, 8500 | 1982-1-29
South Africa, Mpumalanga, SWADINI NAT. RES.
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Barcode: NH0029846-0 Collector(s) & number: Ogilvie, s.n. | 1939-5-
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Cultivated in Durban Botanic Gardens.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0717574-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 29757 | 1960-6-4
Eswatini, STEGI; BLUEJAY RANCH
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Barcode: PRE0342975-0 Collector(s) & number: Wearne, WD, 38 | 1965-2-28
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, UBOMBO DIST.; JOZINI DAM
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344557-0 Collector(s) & number: Williams, IJM, TRV 8207 | 1909-11-10
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BARBERTON
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Barcode: PRE0342976-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 4115 | 1962-3-25
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, UBOMBO DIST.; PONGOLA POORT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0854844-0 Collector(s) & number: Unknown, s.n. | 2009-10-14
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Mahukube/KaBokweni area, next to Plaston on the mountain, west side of Mlangatini.
General notes: On the mountain. Burnt and grazed. Savanna Mixed Bushveld. Free drainage. Light grey soil. Igneous.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0466210-0 Collector(s) & number: Crawford, R, 250 | 1975-11-26
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, PONGOLA RIVER; JOZINI; RD. BETW. TURN OFF TO DAM AND GOUT. VEHICLE PARK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0855586-0 Collector(s) & number: MacMahan, M, MM00033 | 2001-9-27
South Africa, Mpumalanga, 11 km's east of Malelane; ± 5 km south of N4 (Thanda nani).
General notes: Thorn Bushveld. Gentle slope. Confirmed by: Archer, R.H. 2001.
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Barcode: NH0049794-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 4115 | 1962-3-25
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ubombo District. Pongolo poort.
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Barcode: PRE0342965-0 Collector(s) & number: Sypkens, J, PRE 51057 | 1948-3-18
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BARBERTON DIST.; BETWEEN TONETTE AND LOUWS CREEK
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0064933-0 Collector(s) & number: Unknown, s.n. | 1978-3-26
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ndumu Game Reserve.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344559-0 Collector(s) & number: Galpin, EE, 14935 | 1935-7-7
South Africa, Limpopo, ZOUTPANSBERG DIST.; WYLLIE'S POORT P.O.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0342971-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 31441 | 1962-4-4
Eswatini, STEGI DIST.; MBULUZI POORT
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Barcode: PRE0344569-0 Collector(s) & number: Liebenberg, LCC, 2382 | 1931-3-15
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BARBERTON DIST.; NELSPRUIT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344567-0 Collector(s) & number: Edwards, EM, PRE 51062 | 1918-10-
South Africa, Mpumalanga, LOUWS CREEK
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Barcode: PRE0344558-0 Collector(s) & number: Strey, RG, 3869 | 1961-5-25
South Africa, Limpopo, LYDENBURG DIST.; ERASMUS PASS; SAIMGAME WATERFALL
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344551-0 Collector(s) & number: Rogers, FA, 22208 | 1918-12-5
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BARBERTON; KOMATIPOORT
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Barcode: PRE0344561-0 Collector(s) & number: Rodin, RJ, 3982 | 1948-3-6
South Africa, Limpopo, ZOUTPANSBERG; LOUIS TRICHARDT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0069939-0 Collector(s) & number: Wearne, WD, 38 | 1965-2-28
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ubombo District. Jozini Dam.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0342978-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 3072 | 1957-3-3
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, UBOMBO DIST.; MKUZE GAME RES.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344552-0 Collector(s) & number: Van der Merwe, FZ, PRE 51038 | 1932-6-15
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BARBERTON DIST.; NELSPRUIT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0688663-0 Collector(s) & number: Retief, IM, 342 | 1985-3-7
South Africa, Limpopo, PHALABORWA DIST.; PHALABORWA W. BOARD; 14 KM SOUTH OF PHALABORWA EAST OF MAIN PUMPHOUSE. IN CREVICES.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344556-0 Collector(s) & number: Buitendag, EL, 1010 | 1973-6-4
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BLYDE RIVER CANYON
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0353454-0 Collector(s) & number: Schlieben, H-J E, 12032 | 1971-3-29
South Africa, Limpopo, SOUTPANSBERG; WYLLIE'S POORT P.O.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344554-0 Collector(s) & number: Gettleffi, G, TRV 9644 | 1911-4-5
South Africa, Limpopo, LOUIS TRICHARDT
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344568-0 Collector(s) & number: Codd, LEW, 6064 | 1950-5-10
South Africa, Mpumalanga, NELSPRUIT DIST.; KRUGER NAT. PARK; SHABIN KOP NEAR PRETORUIS KOP
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Barcode: NH0012818-0 Collector(s) & number: Unknown, s.n. | 1911-4-28
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, In Botanic Gardens.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0737490-0 Collector(s) & number: Oliver, EGH, 7319 | 1976-4-17
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BLYDE RIVER CANYON
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Barcode: PRE0342967-0 Collector(s) & number: Mogg, AOD, PRE 51064 | 1938-1-9
South Africa, Mpumalanga, BARBERTON DIST.; KAAPMUIDEN; SUMMIT OF HILL
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Barcode: PRE0344572-0 Collector(s) & number: Van der Schijff, HP, 513 | 1952-6-17
South Africa, Mpumalanga, KRUGER NAT. PARK; NWANEDZI
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344574-0 Collector(s) & number: Codd, LEW, 10494 | 1964-4-21
South Africa, Mpumalanga, LYDENBURG DIST.; BURGERSFORT; 3MI. E. OF BURGERSFORT
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Barcode: PRE0569385-0 Collector(s) & number: Hankey, AJ, 1043 | 2000-3-8
South Africa, Mpumalanga, Blyde River Canyon N.R.: just outside Rietvlei, near low water bridge.
General notes: Savanna. Rocky slope - wooded. Hill slope. Rocky soil. Organic rich. Well drained. Quartzite. Moderate slope. Succulent. Voucher specimen for Blyde River Canyon N.R. Botanical Biodiversity Survey. [Det. note: extremily small flowers.]
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Barcode: PRE0344555-0 Collector(s) & number: Marloth, HWR, 9519 | 1920-5-
South Africa, Gauteng, PRETORIA; HILL NEAR PRETORIA
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Barcode: PRE0342974-0 Collector(s) & number: Moll, EJ, 3157 | 1966-4-7
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, LEBOMBO MKAZI
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Barcode: NH0035177-0 Collector(s) & number: Howlett, JC, s.n. | 1944-6-8
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Botanical Gardens Durban.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0069940-0 Collector(s) & number: Ward, CJ, 5656 | 1966-5-21
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ingwavuma District. Jozini Dam area.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: PRE0344573-0 Collector(s) & number: Smuts, JC, 2381 | 1935-10-
South Africa, Limpopo, KLASERIE RIVER; W. OF GAME RES.
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Barcode: PRE0342969-0 Collector(s) & number: Anthrobus, A, PRE 51067 | 1919-4-10
South Africa, Limpopo, LOUIS TRICHARDT
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Barcode: PRE0344550-0 Collector(s) & number: Schweickerdt, HGWJ, 668 | 1934-4-15
South Africa, Limpopo, ZOUTPANSBERG; WYLLIE'S POORT P.O.
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Barcode: NH0054722-0 Collector(s) & number: Strey, RG, 6584 | 1966-4-9
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Ingwavuma District. Lebombo Mountains, east foot hills.
Data Resource: BODATSA View record
Barcode: NH0022859-0 Collector(s) & number: Gerstner, J, s.n. | 1933-5-
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Zululand. Ubombo.
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Barcode: PRE0342981-0 Collector(s) & number: Stephen, JJF, 740 | --
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, USUTU RIVER; ABERCORN DRIFT .
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Barcode: PRE0717573-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 27848 | 1958-5-22
Eswatini, STEGI; LEBOMBO MTS
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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
1963
FLORA
Apocynaceae Codd, LEWFlora of Southern Africa 26: 244-296
Dept. Agric. and Technical Services, Pretoria
1937
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
An enumeration of plants collected in the northern Transvaal Obermeyer, AA; Schweickerdt, HGWJ; Verdoorn, ICBothalia 3: 223-258
1924
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br. Phillips, EP; Gower, SIFlowering Plants of South Africa 4: , t.123
7 May 20
BOOK
Ideal to grace an entrance[Pachypodium saundersii] : : the indigenous garden. Nichols, G (Geoff)Harry Molteno Library
7 May 2004.
No results found for Pachypodium saundersii N.E.Br.
Status and criteria
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