Distribution Map

Searsia rehmanniana var. rehmanniana

           
Blunt-leaved Currant
inhlangushane
(Rhus rehmanniana)
(Rhus rehmanniana var. rehmanniana)

Anacardiaceae Anacardioideae  

As at April 2024, 24 herbarium specimens, 3 photo records, 129 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Rhus macowanii - Large robust shrub; stems, stalks and underside of leaves downy, upper sides darker, slightly hairy. Leaf stalk c 2 cm long; leaflets fan-shaped, about as broad as long, tapering wedge-like to base, widest beyond middle, end broad, having few forwardly-directed short blunt lobes, 3—4 cm long and wide. Inflorescences terminal and many lateral, copiously branched, exceeding leaves, with innumerable flowers. Fruits pale yellow, c 3 mm diam.

* 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.