Rhus laevigata

Rhus laevigata (the "dune currant rhus"), is a small, bushy, evergreen tree that occurs in rocky fynbos slopes and coastal shrub in South Africa.

Rhus laevigata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Anacardiaceae
Genus:
Rhus
Species:
R. laevigata
Binomial name
Rhus laevigata

Description

It looks very similar to its close relative Rhus glauca but has larger leaflets. It has since been re-classified as Searsia laevigata

Distribution

This species is primarily coastal, occurring in coastal dunes along the western and southern coast of the former Cape Province, South Africa.

The low-growing variety villosa, with hairy (villose) leaflets, is exclusively coastal.

However, the hairless variety Rhus laevigata var. laevigata, while occurring along the coast, also extends inland as far as the Little Karoo in the north, and Bredasdorp in the west.[1]

Notes
  1. Coates Palgrave, M. (2002) Trees of southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town.

References
  • Van Wyk: Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa, Struik, 1997.


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