Nymania capensis
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Habit
21 Jun 2018
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Red flower + seed capsules
28 Apr 2018
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Leaves
21 Jun 2018
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Seed capsule
21 Jun 2018
| Family: | Meliaceae |
| Full name: | Nymania capensis (Thunb.) Lindb. |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Klapperbos, Klapperbossie, Stuipebos, Stuipbos, Stuipebossie, Kiepkiepies, Oumeidbos, Oumeidebos, Oumeidsbos, Stinkbossie, Ystervarkbos, Kankerbos |
| English common name(s): | Chinese lantern(s), Chinese lantern tree, Lantern bush, Christmas bells, Christmas bush, Christmas Tree |
| Synonym(s): | Aitonia capensis Thunb. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Stiff shrub. BARK white to pale grey. LEAVES simple, almost sessile; linear-oblong, small, olive-green. FLOWERS solitary, tubular, pink to scarlet-red. FRUIT an inflated capsule; balloon-like, thin, papery, fourlobed; red when ripe. (from Tree Atlas of Namibia) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien iNaturalist (Namibia / Alex Dreyer) iNaturalist (Namibia) iNaturalist (southern Africa) Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie Tree Atlas of Namibia |
| Content last updated: | 18 Apr 2024 |
