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Status: | Native |
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Small, often gnarled tree. Bark dark, rough and deeply fissured. Leaves elliptic, leathery, glossy green above, much paler grey-green below; margins rolled under. Flowers in clusters on old wood, creamy-white, sometimes tinged with violet. Fruit fleshy, nearly spherical, orange when ripe. |
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Flowering time: | Jun - Sep |
Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Zambia, DRC and W Zimbabwe |
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): | B,N,W,C,S |
Zambian distribution (Provinces): | Nw,Lp,Mc,S,W |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: | Monday 9 January 2017 |
Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 266. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 39. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 54. White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 278 - 279. |
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