Diospyros senensis Klotzsch

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Catapu Concession, Sofala.

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Along road no2, Gorongosa National Park

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Near lodges, Mana Pools NP

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Mana Pools, by main road to camp

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Along road no. 1, Gorongosa National Park

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Along road from Coutada 11 boundary to Chironde, Coutada 12, Cheringoma

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Near the Mazowe and Umfurudzi Rivers confluence, near Hippo Pools

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Synonyms:	Diospyros shirensis Hiern
Common names:	Spiny jackal-berry (English)
Frequency:	Locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree armed with large, sharp spines. Bark grey, peeling to reveal a creamy underbark; trunks often distinctly fluted. Leaves, more or less narrowly obovate, 4-14 cm long, leathery, glossy dark green above, paler below more or less densely hairy on both surfaces; midrib sunken above, prominent below wit veining forming a distinct yellowish network; margin entire, hair-fringed when young. Flowers axillary in few-flowered clusters, creamy-white to yellowish. Fruit fleshy, ovoid to subspherical, c. 2 cm in diameter, yellow, mostly hairless cupped in the calyx, enclosing the fruit about halfway.
Type location:	Mozambique
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	senensis: from Sena on the Zambezi River in Mozambique
Habitat:	In deciduous woodland and thicket.
Altitude range: (metres)	Up to 1000 m
Flowering time:	Nov - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
FZ divisions:	N,Z,T,MS
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Images last updated:	Thursday 21 December 2017
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 752. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 908 - 909. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 267. 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 39. White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 264 - 265.

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