Streblus usambarensis (Engl.) C.C. Berg

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Road 213 from Inhamitanga to Chupanga

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Inhamitanga Forest Reserve, Cheringoma

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Inhamitanga Forest, Cheringoma

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Synonyms:	Neosloetiopsis kamerunensis Engl. Sloetiopsis usambarensis Engl.
Common names:	Streblus (English)
Frequency:	Very locally common
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small evergreen tree. Bark smooth, mottled grey-brown; cloudy latex present. Leaves alternate, elliptic to somewhat obovate, mostly 10-15 cm long, glossy dark green above, apex drawn into a drip-tip; veins distinct but sunken above; margin shallowly to strongly serrate in the upper two-thirds, sub-entire near the base. Flowers unisexual, mostly on different trees; male flowers in small axillary spikes; female flowers solitary. Fruit, subglobose, fleshy, 2-lobed, c. 10 mm in diameter, pale whitish green, black when ripe.
Type location:
Notes:	In Mozambique only known from the Inhamitanga Forest where it is locally surprisingly common but should be considered vulnerable.
Derivation of specific name:	usambarensis: of the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
Habitat:	In sand forest.
Altitude range: (metres)	190 - 220 m
Flowering time:	Apr -May (also recorded in Dec)
Worldwide distribution:	From Guinea to DRC; Kenya and Tanzania. This species is, in Southern Africa, only known from the Inhamitanga Forest in Sofala, Mozambique and a single record from Zimbabwe.
National distribution:	MS
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Endemic status:
Red data list status:	Vulnerable
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Images last updated:	Monday 28 November 2022
Literature:	Berg, C.C. (1991). Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 20 - 21. (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 75. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 131. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 166.

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