Pancovia golungensis (Hiern) Exell & Mendonça

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At top of wooded slope, Khodzue River Gorge

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Synonyms:	Aphania golungensis Hiern
Common names:	False soap-berry (English)
Frequency:	Rare in Zimbabwe
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or slender tree. Bark pale grey-brown smooth; young branches hairless with reddish lenticels. Leaves spirally arranged, imparipinnate, up to 30 cm long mostly with 3-4 pairs of leaflets; leaflets elliptic-oblong with a driptip, 8-14 cm long, thinly textured, hairless; margin entire, sometimes wavy; petiolules short. Flowers in axillary spikes or racemes and on the old wood, unisexual on different trees, white or cream. Fruit with 2-3 ovoid carpels, up to 2.5 × 2 cm, joined at the base, orange-yellow, sometimes velvety.
Notes:	Very rare in Zimbabwe. Known from a few records from unprotected areas in the Burma Valley, seriously threatened by land resettlement.
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Habitat:	Evergreen forest, mainly (outside Zimbabwe) in coastal areas.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Oct - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Angola, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Possibly also in Zambia.
Zimbabwe distribution:	E
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Endemic status:
Red data list status:	Critically Endangered
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Images last updated:	Tuesday 26 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 538. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 648. Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 108. 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 22. Exell, A.W. (1966). Sapindaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 525 - 528. (Includes a picture). Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 169. 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 76. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 432 - 433. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 502 - 503. (Includes a picture). White, F., Dowsett-Lemaire, F. & Chapman, J.D. (2001). Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Pages 533 - 535. (Includes a picture).

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