Swaziland's Flora Database
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Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. ssp. pedicellaris (name current July 2011) Small Green Thorn Liphambo / Umnono manono umnona umNono umNunu (Balanites pedicellaris) BALANITACEAE Growth form: Tree Found within protected areas Schedule C Medicinal Other uses Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Balanites pedicellaris - Much-branched, rigid small tree or shrub up to c 4 m high; lateral branches spreading wide, tapering to form straight formidable spines; softly grey-downy troughout. Leaf stalk c 3 mm long; leaflets slightly fleshy, oval, blunt, veins obscure, up to 2,5 cm long x 1,5 cm wide, each shortly stalked. Flowers solitary or few in short clusters at ends of branches or among leaves; stalk up to 1,5 cm long; sepals c 6 mm long, pointed; petals green, c 8 mm long, blunt, tip turned downwards; fruit fleshy, orange, almost spherical, c 2 cm diam. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication. Included in Tree Atlas. |
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