Ehretia alba
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Leaves
04 Jul 2006
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Habit
29 Sep 2006
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Leaves
17 Dec 2006
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Bush with fruit
21 Dec 2008
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Fruit
21 Dec 2008
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Flowers
13 Dec 2015
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Full name: | Ehretia alba Retief & A.E.van Wyk |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Deurmekaarbos, Swartbos |
| English common name(s): | Puzzle bush, White puzzle-bush |
| Synonym(s): | Ehretia rigida (Thunb.) Druce (in part) |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Smooth leaves. A semi-deciduous shrub, with rigid branches going in all directions. BARK smooth, grey to dark grey. LEAVES generally clustered on dwarf branches; obovate to elliptic, 6–25 mm; hairless; midrib and lateral veins prominent below; margin entire, but with bristles which make it feel coarse; apex tapering or rounded; base tapering. FLOWERS white to cream, young buds pale mauve to lilac; corolla tube and lobes c. 3 mm long; sweet-scented. FRUIT almost round, 4–6 mm, with persistent calyx; red. (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 |
