Details of record no: 94742

Capparis tomentosa Lam.

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Record details:

Date: 26 Jul 1985
Recorder(s):SE Chadwick
Collector(s):SE Chadwick
159
Determiner(s):KL Immelman
Confirmer(s):
Herbarium:WIND
Habitat:
Location: Botswana: Serondela, banks of Chobe river.
Location code(s):
Outing code:
Planted code: Not planted
Country: Botswana
Quarter Degree Square: 1725C3
Grid reference:
FZ Division:
Altitude (metres): 935
Notes: Shrub; Notes: Fine loose dusty soil. Well-drained. Abundant sprawling shrub 2 m. Pale green velvety stem, leaves and buds. Paired thorns at nodes. Petals pale green-yellow with long hairs on margin and inner surface. Stamens white with rose base. Style rose. Ovary terminal, green. Pleasant scent. Fruit dark red, hard, spherical, indehiscent. Seeds large. Fruits eaten by monkeys and baboons.
Latitude, Longitude: -17.846000, 25.008100
Location Accuracy Code: 4

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Individual record no: 94742: Capparis tomentosa.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=94742, retrieved 28 March 2024

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