Diospyros verrucosa Hiern

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Rd to the Chiniziua River, Sofala.

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Forest road North of Nhago, Coutada 12

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Cheringoma Escarpment, Sofala, Mozambique.

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Warty star-apple (English)
Frequency:	Local. In Southern Africa only known North of the Beira-Dondo area. More common further north.
Status:	Native
Description:	Evergreen shrub or small tree. Bark grey to blackish rough and fissured. Leaves spirally arranged, ovate, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, slightly leathery, green and hairless above, densely covered in pale velvet below; margin entire. Flowers in axillary few-flowered clusters or solitary, unisexual, whitish. Fruit up to c. 4.5 × 4 cm broadly ellipsoid to almost round with a warty surface, densely covered in rusty hairs when young, orange to black and almost hairless when ripe; persistent calyx small and inconspicuous.
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Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	verrucosa: warty
Habitat:	In coastal forest and woodland
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Flowering time:	Feb
Worldwide distribution:	Mozambique and Tanzania
National distribution:	N,Z,MS
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Images last updated:	Monday 21 August 2017
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 753. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 21. White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 284 - 285. (Includes a picture).

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Diospyros verrucosa
African Plant Database: Diospyros verrucosa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Diospyros verrucosa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Diospyros verrucosa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Diospyros verrucosa
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Diospyros verrucosa
JSTOR Plant Science: Diospyros verrucosa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Diospyros verrucosa
Plants of the World Online: Diospyros verrucosa
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Wikipedia: Diospyros verrucosa