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Salix mucronata

Flute Willow
Umnyetane
(Salix mucronata subsp. wilmsii)
(Salix woodii)
(Salix mucronata subsp. woodii)

Salicaceae   


As at April 2024, 18 herbarium specimens, 2 photo records, 11 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Salix woodii - (Umnyetane) Irregular shrub or small tree, usually less than 3 m high. Stems ridged, slightly downy. Leaf stalk 1�1,5 cm long, blade up to c 15 cm long x 2 cm wide, upper side hairless, lower closely white-felted, margins with numerous teeth pointing forwards, midrib conspicuous. Catkins axillary; males c 3 cm long, bracts woolly, each flower with several stamens bearing small yellow anthers; females much longer, bracts minute, ovary shortly stalked, c 3 mm long, pointed, splitting open and releasing numerous seeds c 1 mm long with long silky basal hairs.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.

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