Distribution Map

Searsia discolor

                   
                   
       
Grassveld Currant
inhlangushane
(Rhus discolor)

Anacardiaceae Anacardioideae  

As at April 2024, 13 herbarium specimens, 11 photo records, 2 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Found within protected areas: Malolotja
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Rhus discolor - Distinctive shrub with erect tufted unbranched shoots up to c 50 cm high rising from woody base, densely leafy. Leaves erect, stalk c 5 mm long; leaflets oblong, blunt but with minute point, stalkless, up to 8 cm long X 1,7 cm wide, densely shaggy-hairy with prominent veins below, less hairy on upper surface. Inflorescences dense, terminal and lateral, hairy.

* 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.