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Dovyalis zeyheri
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Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
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Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
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Mukuvisi Woodland, office area
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Kutsaga
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Marydale Point Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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| Synonyms: |
Aberia zeyheri Sond. Dovyalis revoluta Thom Dovyalis tristis (Sond.) Warb. |
| Common names: | Apricot sourberry (English) Munhungura (Shona) Musvisvirondo (Shona) Mutsvoritoto (Shona) Oval kei-apple (English) Umqokolo (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small to medium-sized tree. Bark pale to dark grey, smooth in young trees but deeply fissured in older specimens (image 1). Leaves obovate to broadly elliptic, glossy above, dull and paler below, with or without hairs; margin often obscurely scalloped. Flowers solitary or in clusters, greenish-yellow, about 10 mm in diameter. Fruit ovoid, fleshy, velvety, cupped by the persistent calyx; bright orange when ripe. |
| Notes: | Fruits edible and used for jams and jelly. Trees are known to smell like rotten meat but the source is unknown. |
| Derivation of specific name: | zeyheri: named after Carl Zeyher, 1799 - 1858, a German naturalist |
| Habitat: | In open woodland and along forest margins. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Above 1200 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini and Mozambique (Maputo Province) |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | W,C,E,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 28 March 2006 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 641. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 14. Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 16. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 261. 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 Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 75. Van Wyk, B. & Malan, S. (1988). Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand and Pretoria Region Struik, Cape Town Pages 144 - 145. (Includes a picture). Wild, H. (1960). Flacourtiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 283 - 284. (Includes a picture). |
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