Eugenia capensis
capensis
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Bazaruto Island
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Bazaruto Island
Photo: Warren McCleland
Govuro Estuary, North of Inhassoro.
Photo: Warren McCleland
Govuro Estuary, North of Inhassoro.
Photo: Warren McCleland
Govuro Estuary, North of Inhassoro.
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| Synonyms: |
Eugenia capensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Sond. var. major Sond. Memecylon capense Eckl. & Zeyh. |
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| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Evergreen shrub or small tree, usually 2-4 m tall. Leaves opposite, oblanceolate-elliptic to almost circular, up to 4.6 cm long, leathery, rounded at the apex and often subcordate at the base, hairless. Flowers axillary, solitary or in 1-5-flowered clusters, creamy-white to greenish. Fruit subglobose c. 1.5 cm in diameter, purple-black when ripe. |
| Type location: |
South Africa |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | capensis: of the Cape, South Africa. |
| Habitat: | Mostly in coastal sand-dune thickets, more rarely in forest or wooded grassland. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 0 - 200 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mozambique and South Africa. |
| FZ divisions: | GI,M |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Wednesday 31 August 2016 |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Page 109. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 694. (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 27. Troupin, G. (1983). Myrtaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 492. (Includes a picture). White, F. (1978). Myrtaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 187 - 188. |
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