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Pterocelastrus rostratus

Pterocelastrus rostratus
Common names: red cherrywood, beaked pterocelastrus, red candlewood (Eng.); rooikershout, kersiehout (Afr.); ugobandlovu, usahlulamanye (Zulu); itywina (Xhosa)
Family: Celastraceae

... information and Jenny Potgieter for making her images of Pterocelastrus rostratus in flower available on iNaturalist. Pterocelastrus rostratus is usually a small tree 6-10 m tall, ... egg-shaped seeds from winter to midsummer (July-February). Pterocelastrus rostratus occurs from the Cape Peninsula and ...

11 / 09 / 2023 | Loretta Floors | Harold Porter NBG
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Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus

Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus
Common names: candlewood, cherrywood (English), kershout, kersiehout, rooikersiehout, witpeer, witpeerhout (Afrikaans), iBholo, iTywina, uTwina (isiXhosa).
Family: Celastraceae

... birds are the main dispersal agents of the seeds. Pterocelastrus This plant, being tolerant of a wide variety ... of more or less 80 species. There are 3 species of the Pterocelastrus genus in southeastern Africa. The genus name ... by Rock Pigeons, Mousebirds and other fruit-eating birds. Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus (Lam.) Sond. 409 Pterocelastrus ...

29 / 08 / 2005 | Jane Forrester | Harold Porter NBG
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