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| Synonyms: |
Vangueria acutiloba Robyns Vangueria chinensis Rohr Vangueria cyanescens sensu Pooley, non Robyns Vangueria edulis Vahl, nom. illegit. Vangueria floribunda Robyns Vangueria robynsii Tennant Vangueria venosa Robyns |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree, 1.5–15 m tall, often multi-stemmed; stems mostly robust, hairless, longitudinally ridged, with pale to mid-brown bark, mostly smooth. Leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 8–28 cm long, entirely hairless or sometimes very young leaves hairy beneath and adult ones sparsely pubescent; lateral nerves in 78–10 main pairs; petiole 0.3–1.8 cm long, ; stipules with a broad base 3–5 mm long, and a narrow apex 0.4–1.8 cm long; hairless or pubescent. Inflorescence c. 30-flowered, pubescent; branches 1–4.5 cm long, main peduncle c. 10 mm long. Calyx tube 1.2–3 mm long; lobes triangular-oblong to narrowly oblong, 0.5–1.5 mm long, more or less pubescent. Corolla greenish-yellow, yellow or cream, hairless or rarely with a few hairs; tube 3–4.5 mm long; lobes 3.5–4.5 mm long with appendages up to 0.5 mm long. Fruit subglobose, 2.5–5 cm diameter, green to brownish. |
| Notes: | This species is also widely cultivated for its fruits and medicinal purposes. |
| Derivation of specific name: | madagascariensis: of Madagascar. |
| Habitat: | In grassland on sandy-rocky soils and on sand banks at edges of lakes or beaches. |
| Altitude range: | 90 - 470 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Nigeria, Cameroon, CAR, DRC, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, and Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa. Also in Madagascar. |
| Mozambique distribution: | Z,T,MS,M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Pages 247 - 249. (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 935. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1078. 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 106. Maroyi, A. (2018). Vangueria madagascariensis Fruit Tree: Nutritional, Phytochemical, Pharmacological, and Primary Health Care Applications as Herbal Medicine Scientifica 2018(45964 Pages 1 - 17. (Includes a picture). Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 656 - 657. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 99. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 342 - 343. (Includes a picture). |
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