Vangueria madagascariensis J.F. Gmel.

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Synonyms: Vangueria acutiloba Robyns
Vangueria chinensis Rohr
Vangueria cyanescens sensu Pooley, non Robyns
Vangueria edulis Vahl, nom. illegit.
Vangueria floribunda Robyns
Vangueria robynsii Tennant
Vangueria venosa Robyns
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Status: Native
Description:
Shrub or small tree, 1.5–15 m tall, often multi-stemmed; stems mostly robust, hairless, longitudinally ridged, with pale to mid-brown bark, mostly smooth. Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 8–28 cm long, entirely hairless or sometimes very young leaves hairy beneath and adult ones sparsely pubescent; lateral nerves in 78–10 main pairs; petiole 0.3–1.8 cm long, ; stipules with a broad base 3–5 mm long, and a narrow apex 0.4–1.8 cm long; hairless or pubescent. Inflorescence c. 30-flowered, pubescent; branches 1–4.5 cm long, main peduncle c. 10 mm long. Calyx tube 1.2–3 mm long; lobes triangular-oblong to narrowly oblong, 0.5–1.5 mm long, more or less pubescent. Corolla greenish-yellow, yellow or cream, hairless or rarely with a few hairs; tube 3–4.5 mm long; lobes 3.5–4.5 mm long with appendages up to 0.5 mm long. Fruit subglobose, 2.5–5 cm diameter, green to brownish.
Notes: This species is also widely cultivated for its fruits and medicinal purposes.
Derivation of specific name: madagascariensis: of Madagascar.
Habitat: In grassland on sandy-rocky soils and on sand banks at edges of lakes or beaches.
Altitude range: 90 - 470 m
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Worldwide distribution: Nigeria, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, and Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. Also in Madagascar.
Mozambique distribution: Z,T,MS,M
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Literature:

Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Pages 247 - 249. (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 935. (Includes a picture).

Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1078.

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 106.

Maroyi, A. (2018). Vangueria madagascariensis Fruit Tree: Nutritional, Phytochemical, Pharmacological, and Primary Health Care Applications as Herbal Medicine Scientifica 2018(45964 Pages 1 - 17. (Includes a picture).

Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 656 - 657. (Includes a picture).

Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 99.

Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 342 - 343. (Includes a picture).

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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Vangueria madagascariensis.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=171880, retrieved 29 March 2024

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