Commiphora neglecta I. Verd.

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Plateau near edge of Khodzue River Gorge

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Sweet-root corkwood (English)
Frequency:	Very rare in Zimbabwe.
Status:	Native
Description:	Small deciduous tree, often branching near the base of the trunk. Bark green, smooth, green, peeling in straw-coloured strips; short lateral branchlets spine-tipped; watery sap present. Leaves clustered on the short branchlets, 3-foliolate with a petiole up to 4.5 cm long; leaflets, obovate, up to 6 × 3.5 cm, terminal, lateral leaflets smaller, mostly hairless; margin finely toothed or scalloped in the upper half. Flowers small, cup-shaped, yellow, in clusters on the spur-branchlets, appearing before or with the new leaves. Fruit subspherical, c. 1.2 cm in diameter, hairless, bright red when ripe. Seeds black with a red, 4-armed pseudaril.
Notes:	In Zimbabwe only known from one hill in the Chisumbanje CL.
Derivation of specific name:	neglecta: neglected,referring to its relatively late discovery and description as a species (1952).
Habitat:	In dry, deciduous open woodland and scrub and on rocky outcrops.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Oct - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and Northern KaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Endemic status:
Red data list status:	Critically Endangered
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Images last updated:	Sunday 24 September 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 373. (Includes a picture). Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 163. 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 31. 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 24. Wild, H. (1963). Burseraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 271 - 273. (Includes a picture).

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