Mimusops caffra E. Mey. ex A. DC.
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Inhaca Island, Mozambique
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Bazaruto Island
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Bazaruto Island
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Bazaruto Island
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Bazaruto Island
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Bazaruto Island
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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National Botanic Garden, Harare
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National Botanic Garden, Harare
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National Botanic Garden, Harare
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National Botanic Garden, Harare
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National Botanic Garden, Harare
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Synonyms:
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Mimusops revoluta Hochst.
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Common names:
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Coastal red-milkwood (English)
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Description:
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Evergreen shrub or small tree to 15 m. Leaves strongly leathery; lamina 3-9 × 1.5-4.5 cm, obovate, blue-green and hairless above, discolorous, slightly pubescent beneath; base acute; apex rounded, often slightly emarginate; margin thickened, sightly rolled under. Flowers white, borne in clusters of up to 8 in leaf axils. Calyx brownish-pubescent. Corolla: tube c. 1.5 mm; median segments lanceolate; lateral segments of corolla each divided to the base into 2 narrowly triangular laciniae. Fruit ovoid, up to 2.5 cm long, orange-red when ripe; fruiting calyx not reflexed. |
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Flowering time: | Sep - Mar |
Worldwide distribution:
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Southern Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape) |
Mozambique distribution:
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GI,M |
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Content last updated: |
Friday 18 April 2014 |
Literature:
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Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 740. (Includes a picture).
Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Sapotaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 235 - 237. (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 29.
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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: Mimusops caffra. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=175070, retrieved 26 April 2024
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