Tapura fischeri Engl.
var. pubescens Verdc. & Torre

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At Manager's compound near saw mill, Catapu

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Inhamitanga Forest Reserve, Cheringoma

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Inhamitanga Forest, Cheringoma

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Leafberry tree (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Small tree. Bark mottled greenish-brown, thinly scaly. Leaves alternate, elliptic or broadly lanceolate, 3-8 cm long, light green, thinly textured, variously hairy, hairtuft domatia in the axils of the veins below; margin entire. Flowers very small, 2-3 mm in diameter, white in small clusters. The flower stalk is combined with the petiole so the flowers and fruits actually appear to arise from the base of the leaves. Fruit ovoid, c. 4 mm long, glabrous, fleshy, splitting to show the bright red seed.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	fischeri: named after Dr Gustav Fischer (1848-1886), German doctor and naturalist, who collected in Kenya and Tanzania.
Habitat:	In woodland or riverine and evergreen forest at low altitudes.
Altitude range:	Up to 500 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Mozambique distribution:	T,MS
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Content last updated:	Monday 28 November 2022
Literature:	Breteler, F.J. (1986). The African Dichapetalaceae IX; A taxonomical revision Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 86(3) Pages 56 - 61. as Tapura fischeri (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 400. As Tapura fischeri (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 52. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 250. 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. Torre, A.R. (1963). Dichapetalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 327 - 328. (Includes a picture).

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