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Mimusops caffra
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Inhaca Island, Mozambique
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Bazaruto Island
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Bazaruto Island
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Bazaruto Island
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Bazaruto Island
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Bazaruto Island
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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Vilankulo, Inhambane, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: |
Mimusops revoluta Hochst. |
| Common names: | Coastal red-milkwood (English) |
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| Description: |
Evergreen shrub or small tree to 15 m. Leaves strongly leathery; lamina 3-9 × 1.5-4.5 cm, obovate, blue-green and hairless above, discolorous, slightly pubescent beneath; base acute; apex rounded, often slightly emarginate; margin thickened, sightly rolled under. Flowers white, borne in clusters of up to 8 in leaf axils. Calyx brownish-pubescent. Corolla: tube c. 1.5 mm; median segments lanceolate; lateral segments of corolla each divided to the base into 2 narrowly triangular laciniae. Fruit ovoid, up to 2.5 cm long, orange-red when ripe; fruiting calyx not reflexed. |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Mozambique, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape) |
| Mozambique distribution: | GI,M |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 18 April 2014 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 740. (Includes a picture). Kupicha, F.K. (1983). Sapotaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 235 - 237. (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 29. |
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