| Home | > | List of families | > | Salicaceae | > | Scolopia | > | stolzii |
Scolopia stolzii
All images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View selected images
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chiniziuwa River, Sofala, Mozambique
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chiniziuwa River, Sofala, Mozambique
Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps
Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)
| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Large-fruited scolopia (English) River thorn-pear (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small to medium-sized unarmed tree. Bark grey to blackish, peeling in older specimens; branchlets pale with lenticels. Leaves, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, 5-12 cm long, leathery, glabrous, dark green on both surfaces; margin entire or obscurely dentate with widely spaced teeth. Flowers axillary, solitary or in few-flowered clusters, small, greenish-white. Fruit subspherical, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, sharply tipped, fleshy, yellow when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | stolzii: after Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917), German missionary, merchant and plant collector in Angola and Malawi, particularly of orchids. |
| Habitat: | In riverine fringes and along forest margins. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Mar |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Lower Risk - near threatened |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 13 December 2007 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 176. (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 642. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 50. As Scolopia stolzii stolzii Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 20. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 261. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 173. 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 53. Under Flacourtiaceae Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 106. Wild, H. (1960). Flacourtiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 277 - 279. (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Scolopia stolzii:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: Scolopia stolziiFlora of Mozambique: Scolopia stolzii
Flora of Zambia: Scolopia stolzii
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Scolopia stolziiBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Scolopia stolzii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Scolopia stolzii
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Scolopia stolzii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Scolopia stolzii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Scolopia stolzii
JSTOR Plant Science: Scolopia stolzii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Scolopia stolzii
Plants of the World Online: Scolopia stolzii
Tropicos: Scolopia stolzii
Wikipedia: Scolopia stolzii
| Home | > | List of families | > | Salicaceae | > | Scolopia | > | stolzii |