Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax
var. maprouneifolia

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Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia

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Osborne Dam

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Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus

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Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Duiker-berry (English) Kudu-berry (English) Mudyamhembwe (Shona) Mukuvazviyo (Shona) Mutsonzowa (Shona) Umqobampunzi (Ndebele)
Frequency:	Common
Status:	Native
Description:	Small tree. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate to rounded; margin entire. The leaves display bright autumn colours of yellow or red. Flowers in few-flowered axillary clusters, small and inconspicuous, pale green, unisexual on separate trees. Fruit ovoid to subspherical, slightly ribbed as if about to split into six segments, yellow when ripe.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	maprouneifolia: with leaves like a Maprounea, another genus in Euphorbiaceae
Habitat:	In deciduous woodland, wooded grassland, riverine fringes and on rocky outcrops.
Altitude range: (metres)	300 - 1620 m
Flowering time:	Jul - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	From DRC, Burundi and Tanzania to Namibia and northern South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Thursday 19 February 2009
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 419. (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 318 - 319. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 110 - 111. (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 42. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 23 - 25. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 58. Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 76 - 77. (Includes a picture).

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