Distribution Map

Itea rhamnoides

As at April 2024, 17 herbarium specimens, 34 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Choristylis rhamnoides - (Indlenyatsi) Irregular or scrambling shrub or small tree. Leaves alternate, stalked blades rather leathery, oval, tapering to point, base rounded, edges glandular-toothed, c 7 cm long X 4 cm wide. Flowers scented, in axillary inflorescences. Calyx lobes five; petals five; stamens five alternating with petals; filaments short, hairy at base. Ovary of two carpels fused at base, styles erect, later spreading; fruit dry, half enclosed in calyx tube.

* 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.