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Allophylus africanus
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Haka.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Road from Robins Camp to the Matetsi Safari Area gate, Hwange NP
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| Synonyms: |
Allophylus rhodesicus Exell |
| Common names: | African allophylus (English) African false currant (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets obovate, variously hairy; margin dentate, serrate or almost entire. Inflorescences axillary, often branched, spike-like. Flowers small creamy-yellow. Fruit fleshy, near-spherical, red to black when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | africanus: African |
| Habitat: | In riverine thickets, open woodland and forest edges, often associated with termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: | |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Throughout Tropical Africa extending to the Eastern Cape, S Africa |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T |
| Growth form: | ST |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | Charaxes varanes varanes (Pearl charaxes) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Other sources of information about Allophylus africanus:
African Plant Database: Allophylus africanusBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Allophylus africanus
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Allophylus africanus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Allophylus africanus
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Allophylus africanus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Allophylus africanus
JSTOR Plant Science: Allophylus africanus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Allophylus africanus
Tropicos: Allophylus africanus
West African Plants database: Allophylus africanus
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