Commiphora zanzibarica (Baill.) Engl.

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Catapu, Simons area, behind Jon Grine's old house

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TCT-Catapú

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Catapu, Directly N of the James White Saw mill, directly SE of the M'Phingwe camp.

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Lower slopes Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park

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Sacred Forest, Mahenye

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Synonyms:	Commiphora spondioides Engl.
Common names:	Pendant-fruited corkwood (English)
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Status:	Native
Description:	Multi-stemmed shrub or small deciduous unarmed tree. Bark smooth, pale grey with lenticels, sometimes peeling. Leaves clustered at the ends of branches, imparipinnate with 3-5 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, up to 7 cm long, hairless, slightly aromatic when crushed; margins entire or finely serrate. Flowers small, creamy or yellow-green in large axillary branched heads, appearing with the new leaves. Fruit ellipsoid, c. 1.6 cm long, hairless, pendulous, brown-red when ripe, pseudo-aril fleshy bright red.
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Derivation of specific name:	zanzibarica: of Zanzibar
Habitat:	In hot, dry river valleys and coastal thickets.
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Flowering time:	Nov - Jan
Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Mozambique distribution:	N,Z,T,MS,M
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Content last updated:	Friday 19 June 2015
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 378. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 249. 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 31. Wild, H. (1963). Burseraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 279 - 280. (Includes a picture).

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