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Diospyros squarrosa
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Streambank at base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Streambank at base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Streambank at base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Streambank at base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Rigid star-berry (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or straggling small tree. Leaves dull green, obovate, with conspicuous net-veining below, often with hairs along the midrib. Flowers axillary, solitary or in few-flowered clusters, creamy-white, fragrant. Fruit fleshy, almost spherical, somewhat flattened at the apex, yellow when ripe. The persistent calyx lobes are leaf-like and conspicuous. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | squarrosa: rough with stiff, spreading scales, bracts or other processes. |
| Habitat: | Along streams and in riverine forest, on rocky hill sides and below granite kopjes. |
| Altitude range: | Up to 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Kenya to Mozambique, extending inland to Zambia and Zimbabwe along major river valleys; also an outlier in the DRC |
| Mozambique distribution: | N,Z,T,MS |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Saturday 20 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 755. (Includes a picture). 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. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 54. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 81. White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 260 - 262. (Includes a picture). |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Diospyros squarrosa
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