Cordia pilosissima
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Catapu, Mozambique
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Catapu, Mozambique
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Bovu island, on a path across the middle
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South-West of Hwange Town
Photo: Rob Burrett
South-West of Hwange Town
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| Synonyms: |
Cordia kirkii Baker |
| Common names: | Woolly saucer-berry (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Multi-stemmed, scrambling shrub or small tree. Bark grey, rough; branches angular and ribbed. Leaves ovate to subcircular, 6-23 cm long, light green, densely covered in soft hairs on both surfaces, lateral veins and net-veining conspicuous below, first pair of veins starting right at the base of the midrib; margin entire or obscurely crenate. Flowers in terminal heads, white, cream or yellow, c. 1.5 cm in diameter, calyx and stalks covered in yellowish hairs. Fruit fleshy, ovoid with a sharp point, c. 2.5 cm long, orange-yellow when ripe; remains of calyx recurved, enlarged. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pilosissima: very woolly |
| Habitat: | In riverine thickets, open woodland, usually near water courses. |
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| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, southern DRC, Caprivi-Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
| FZ divisions: | T,MS |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 822. (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Page 561. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271. 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 30. Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 67 - 68. Pickering, H. & Roe, E. (2009). Wild Flowers of the Victoria Falls Area Helen Pickering, London Page 43. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 40. |
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