Pappea capensis Eckl. & Zeyh.

Images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record

Pappea capensis

Photo: Rob Burrett
Tshipise, Limpopo, S Africa

Records and maps: Display species records Map species using Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms: Pappea fulva Conrath
Common names: Indaba tree (E) Jacket plum (E) Judgement tree (E)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Deciduous tree up to 10 m. Leaves: petiole up to 15 mm; lamina up to 10 × 6 cm, oblong to narrowly oblong, shortly pubescent above, tomentellous beneath; base rounded to subcordate; apex rounded and usually shortly mucronate; margin entire to sharply spiny-serrate. Inflorescence up to 16 cm. Flowers yellowish or greenish in fascicles or small subsessile cymes along the rhachis. Petals 0.7-1 mm in diameter. Fruit c.10 mm in diameter, subspherical, tomentellous. Seed c.7 mm in diameter, subspherical, black, shiny, nearly surrounded by the fleshy, orange-red arillode
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: capensis: of the Cape
Habitat: In open woodland, often on termite mounds.
Altitude range:
Flowering time: Mainly Jan - May
Worldwide distribution: From Kenya to the Cape, S Africa
Mozambique distribution: T,MS,GI,M
Growth form: T
Insects (whose larvae eat this species):
Literature:
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Spot characters: Display spot characters for this species
Content last updated: Monday 10 August 2009

Other sources of information about Pappea capensis:

Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Pappea capensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pappea capensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pappea capensis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pappea capensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pappea capensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pappea capensis
West African Plants database: Pappea capensis


Copyright: Mark Hyde and Bart Wursten, 2007-10

Hyde, M.A. & Wursten, B. (2010). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Pappea capensis.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=137450, retrieved 3 September 2010

Site software last modified: 5 August 2010
Terms of use