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Catophractes alexandri thorns

Catophractes alexandri thorns
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  • Caesalpinia bracteata
  • Calpurnia woodii
  • Calpurnia woodii flowers
  • Calpurnia woodii leaves
  • Catophractes alexandri
  • Catophractes alexandri branches
  • Catophractes alexandri flowers
  • Catophractes alexandri stem-tip leaves
  • Catophractes alexandri thorns
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  • Centella difformis flowers
  • Centella difformis leaf
  • Chironia baccifera
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  • Chironia baccifera early fruiting
  • Chironia baccifera flowers
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The straight, paired thorns of Catophractes alexandri grow at the nodes immediately above the leaves, becoming about 5 cm long. The thorns are initially pale grey and densely woolly. They lose the hairs and become dark brown or almost black.

In picture the thorns are partly small side-branches, ending in spines. These thorns are very hard and sharp. One of the Afrikaans common names, papwieldoring (flat tyre thorn), tells that story (Mannheimer and Curtis, (Eds.), 2009; Coates Palgrave, 2002; Leistner, (Ed.), 2000; Van Wyk and Van Wyk, 1997; iNaturalist; Wikipedia).

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Ivan Latti
 
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