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Photo: Bart Wursten
Large forest gwasha, below ridge East of Mosquito Camp plateau, Chimanimani National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Large forest gwasha, below ridge East of Mosquito Camp plateau, Chimanimani National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Large forest gwasha, below ridge East of Mosquito Camp plateau, Chimanimani National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Large forest gwasha, below ridge East of Mosquito Camp plateau, Chimanimani National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Large forest gwasha, below ridge East of Mosquito Camp plateau, Chimanimani National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Large forest gwasha, below ridge East of Mosquito Camp plateau, Chimanimani National Park
Synonyms: |
Conopharyngia stapfiana (Britten) Stapf Tabernaemontana angolensis Stapf |
Common names: | Soccerball fruit (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
A medium-sized tree. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 12-40 cm, dark green above, paler below, leathery, hairless with 12-24 pairs of evenly spaced lateral veins; margin entire, somewhat rolled under. Flowers in terminal heads, showy, c. 4 cm in diameter, white with a yellow throat. Fruit in pairs, joined at the base, very large, each up to 20 cm in diameter, fleshy grey-green with paler spots. |
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Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | stapfiana: after Dr. Otto Stapf (1857-1933), Austrian-born British botanist, taxonomist and author of many plant taxa. He was Curator at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Royal Society. |
Habitat: | Montane evergreen forests |
Altitude range: (metres) | 700 - 2000 m |
Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
Worldwide distribution: | East Africa south to Malawi, Zimbabwe and Mozambique |
National distribution: | N,Z,MS |
Growth form(s): | Tree. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 75. (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 802. (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 27. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 21. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 269. As Tabernaemontana angolensis Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985). Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Pages 442 - 443. 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 19. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 69. As Conopharyngia stapfiana Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 45. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 72. Wursten, B., Timberlake, J. & Darbyshire, I. (2017). The Chimanimani Mountains: an updated checklist. Kirkia 19(1) Page 88. |
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