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Annona senegalensis
senegalensis
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Black granite quarry, Mtoko
Photo: Mark Hyde
Black granite quarry, Mtoko
Photo: Bart Wursten
By main Vumba rd, Altar site
Photo: Bart Wursten
By main Vumba rd, Altar site
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Muroro (Shona) Ububese (Ndebele) Wild custard-apple (English) |
| Description: | Large shrub or small tree, 1.5 - 8 m. Leaves broadly ovate to nearly circular, yellowish- or bluish-green, sparsely puberulent above, more glaucous and hairy beneath. Flowers mostly solitary, axillary, petals greenish outside, creamy yellow within, fleshy, hairy or glabrous. |
| Notes: | Reported in Haavisto-Meier, H (2018) to be cultivated for its edible fruit in Dzivarasekwa. |
| Derivation of specific name: | senegalensis: of Senegal |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in W, E and southern Africa, also in Madagascar, the Comores and Cape Verde Islands |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Insects associated with this species: | Graphium angolanus angolanus (Food plant) Graphium antheus (Food plant) Racotis squalida (Larval food plant) Graphium morania (Larval foodplant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Image last updated: | Sunday 11 March 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 59. as Annona senegalensis (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 117. as Annona senegalensis (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 6. as Annona senegalensis oulotricha oulotricha Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 210 - 211. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 237. As Annona senegalensis Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 34 - 35. (Includes a picture). Fabian, A. & Germishuizen, G. (1997). Wild Flowers of Northern South Africa. Fernwood Press, Vlaeburg. Pages 142 - 143. (Includes a picture). Haavisto-Meier, H (2018). Peri-urban agroforestry as a source of livelihood: a case study on fruit trees in Dzivarasekwa in Harare. Master’s thesis. University of Helsinki. Page 70. Kamumvuri, G. (ed.) (2004). Plants of Zimbabwe Report No. 1 National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Pages 27 - 28. as Annona senegalensis (Includes a picture). 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 17. Robson, N.K.B. (1960). Annonaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 141 - 142. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 108 - 109. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 23. 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 23. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 8. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 72. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 156 - 157. (Includes a picture). |
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