Operation Wildflower Mobi
  • Home
  • Albums
  • Links
    • Botanical Gardens
    • OWF Sites
    • Public Parks, Gardens and Reserves
    • Reference Sites
    • Private Parks, Gardens and Reserves
  • Information
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Articles
    • Plant Records
      • Aloes
      • Bulbs
      • Climbers
      • Cycads
      • Euphorbias
      • Ferns
      • Grasses
      • Herbs
      • Orchids
      • Parasites
      • Shrubs
      • Succulents
      • Trees
    • Sources of Information
Home Home » TYPES » Trees » Pterocelastrus echinatus fruit
Back to Category Overview
Total images in all categories: 10,642
Total number of hits on all images: 5,332,998

Pterocelastrus echinatus fruit

Pterocelastrus echinatus fruit
Previous Previous
Image 489 of 649  
Next Next
Image 491 of 649  
  • Ptaeroxylon obliquum, a branch in flower
  • Pterocarpus angolensis in winter
  • Pterocarpus angolensis pods
  • Pterocarpus angolensis tree bearing fruit
  • Pterocarpus rotundifolius subsp. rotundifolius
  • Pterocarpus rotundifolius subsp. rotundifolius leaves
  • Pterocarpus rotundifolius subsp. rotundifolius ready to shed leaves
  • Pterocarpus rotundifolius subsp. rotundifolius trunk
  • Pterocelastrus echinatus fruit
  • Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus
  • Putterlickia pyracantha
  • Putterlickia pyracantha capsule extended
  • Putterlickia pyracantha capsule half open
  • Putterlickia pyracantha fruit
  • Putterlickia pyracantha inside the capsule
  • Putterlickia pyracantha stages of transformation
  • Putterlickia verrucosa  in fruit

Image information

Description

The white candlewood, as Pterocelastrus echinatus is commonly known, is typically a shrub of 2 m, occasionally a tree of 5 m. The leaves are lanceolate, elliptic or ovate. Leaf surfaces are leathery, hairless, deep green above and paler below. Leaf apices taper or are notched, the bases taper. Leaf margins are entire, sometimes rolled under.

The fruits are three-lobed capsules with a distinct ridge and spiky horn on each lobe. Echinatus means armed with prickles or spines, referring only to the fruits. The surface of the fruit is covered in a waxy bloom. These fruits become orange, red and sometimes brown when ripening.  This happens in autumn and winter (Coates Palgrave, 2002; Schmidt, et al, 2002).

Hits
741
Author
Johan Wentzel
 
Back to Category Overview
Powered by JoomGallery