Garcinia buchneri Engl.

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Garcinia buchneri

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Synonyms: Garcinia edulis Exell
Garcinia sapinii De Wild.
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Status: Native
Description:
Closely related to Garcinia huillensis; it differs in the following characters: Plant a rhizomatous shrublet (tree or shrub in huillensis), 15 - 30 cm tall. Leaves often subopposite (always opposite in huillensis), usually narrowly oblanceolate or narrowly elliptic (oblong or elliptic in huillensis) and with the apex acute or rounded (often acuminate in huillensis).
Type location:
Angola, Malange and Huila
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Habitat: Dry areas of scrub and open woodland
Altitude range: (metres) 1700 - 2000 m
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Worldwide distribution: Angola, DRC and Zambia
National distribution: W,C
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,C
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Images last updated: Tuesday 28 October 2014
Literature:

Robson, N.K.B. (1961). Guttiferae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2) Pages 403 - 404.


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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Garcinia buchneri.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=193730, retrieved 4 April 2025

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