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| Synonyms: |
Apodytes beninensis Hook. f. ex Planch. Ptychopetalum cuspidatum R.E. Fr. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Straggling evergreen shrub or liane. Bark dark grey, smooth; young branchlets often dark purple. Leaves alternate, lanceolate to elliptic 7-15 cm long with a distinct drip-tip, glossy dark green above, paler below, leathery, hairless, midrib impressed above, prominent below; margin entire. Flowers in axillary clusters, white, sweet-scented. Fruit broadly ovoid, somewhat flattened asymmetrically stalked, surface distinctly wrinkled, red to black when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | Widespread in tropical Africa |
| Habitat: | In thickets along forest margins. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | beninensis: of Benin in West Africa, although the type specimen was collected in Liberia. |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,MS |
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| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 76. 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 54. Mendes, E.J. (1963). Icacinaceae FZ 2(1) Pages 147 - 148. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 68. |
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