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| Synonyms: |
Crossonephelis africana (Radlk.) Leenh. Melanodiscus oblongus Radlk. ex Taub. |
| Common names: | Double-litchi (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small to medium-sized tree. Bark grey to brown, smooth, becoming rough in older trees; young branchlets velvety. Leaves alternate, paripinnate with 2-3 pairs of elliptic leaflets 17 × 7 cm, more or less thinly textured, mostly hairless; third and lowest pair, if present, much smaller, near the base of the petiole, resembling large stipules. Flowers pink and yellowish, c. 4 mm in diameter, in axillary spike-like inflorescences, together appearing as a terminal head up to 20 cm long, unisexual on different trees. Fruit a subspherical berry, up to 2.5 cm long, 2-lobed, velvety, orange to golden-brown. Seed ellipsoid, flattened, without an aril. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | africana: African |
| Habitat: | In woodland and forest, often in rocky places. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Apr |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
| National distribution: | GI |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
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| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 535. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 28. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 256. As Crossonephelis africanus Exell, A.W. (1966). Sapindaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 528 - 529. As Melanodiscus oblongus (Includes a picture). 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 76. |
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