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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Water ironplum (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small to medium-sized tree, deciduous or near evergreen depending on the habitat. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, tapering or attenuate, up to 11 cm long, shiny bright green above, somewhat blue-green below, asymmetric at the base; margin sub-entire or widely and shallowly serrate. Flowers unisexual on different trees, female flowers solitary, male flowers in small axillary clusters, yellowish-green, scented. Fruits ellipsoid, somewhat fleshy, c. 1.5 cm long, yellow to orange when ripe, tipped by two old style branches. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | mossambicensis: of Mozambique |
| Habitat: | On alluvial soils in riverine woodland and along floodplains, at the base of rocky hills or on termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Mainly Sep - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, S Africa |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,GI,M |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
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