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Ximenia americana
microphylla
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no2, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no2, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no2, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no2, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no2, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road no6 between 1 and 3, Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Ximenia rogersii Burtt Davy |
| Common names: | Blue sourplum (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small or large shrub or small tree with spine-tipped branchlets. Leaves in the axils of straight spines or in fascicles on small lateral spurs, oblong, 2-3 cm long, bluish or grey-green, hairless, distinctly folded upwards along the midrib. Flowers clustered in the axils of the spines, small, greenish-white with a white "beard" in the throat. Fruit ellipsoid, c. 2.5 cm long, yellow to red when ripe. The fruit is edible but very sour. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | americana: of America, where it was first collected; microphylla: with very small leaves (compared to var. americana) |
| Habitat: | In dry acacia woodland, wooded grassland and scrub. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Pantropical |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M |
| Growth form: | sT |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | Stugeta bowkeri tearei (Bowker's sapphire) Axiocerses amanga amanga (Bush scarlet) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 86. as Ximenia americana (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Ximenia americana:
African Plant Database: Ximenia americanaBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Ximenia americana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ximenia americana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ximenia americana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ximenia americana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ximenia americana
JSTOR Plant Science: Ximenia americana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ximenia americana
Tropicos: Ximenia americana
West African Plants database: Ximenia americana
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