Cordia monoica Roxb.

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Umvumvumvu River gorge

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Shashe Wilderness Camp, Shashe River

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Synonyms:	Cordia ovalis Hochst. ex A.DC.
Common names:	Sandpaper saucer-berry (English) Snot berry (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small, multi-stemmed tree. Leaves alternate, broadly obovate-oblong to almost circular, very rough on the upper surface, covered in soft rusty hairs below; margin entire or slightly toothed. Flowers white, cream or pale yellow in dense terminal heads; petals distinctly reflexed; calyces and stalks covered in yellowish hairs. Fruit fleshy, ovoid, orange-yellow when ripe, cupped in the persistent remains of the calyx.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	monoica: one-seeded
Habitat:	In hot and dry woodland, often on rocky hill sides or termite mounds.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	Oct - May
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Burundi, eastern DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, South Africa as far as northern KwaZulu-Natal. Also in Arabia, Mauritius and Tropical Asia.
Mozambique distribution:	N,T,GI,M
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated:	Wednesday 21 January 2009
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 826. As Cordia ovalis (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 16. Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Page 560. although this may prove to be another taxon Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271. As Cordia ovalis Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Namibia Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 77. 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 30. Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 65 - 66. Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 40. also as Cordia ovalis Timberlake, J.R. & Childes, S.L. (2004). Biodiversity of the Four Corners Area: Technical Reviews Volume Two (Chapter 5-15) Appendix 5-1: Plant Checklist Occasional Publications in Biodiversity 15 Page 201.

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