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Diospyros loureiriana
loureiriana
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mehenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mehenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mehenye
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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mehenye
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Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo CL.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo CL.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo CL.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo CL.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo CL.
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| Synonyms: |
Diospyros usambarensis F. White subsp. usambarensis |
| Common names: | Dye star-apple (English) Sand star-apple (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Bark grey to blackish, rough. Leaves crowded at the ends of branches, obovate to elliptic, 3-11 cm, leathery, glossy green, hairless or with hairs along the veins; margin entire. Flowers axillary in few-flowered clusters, white. Fruit fleshy, spherical, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, yellow, cupped in leaf-like lobes, c. 3 cm, often almost totally enclosing the fruit. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | loureiriana: named after J. de Loureiro (1715-1796), Portuguese missionary and scientist, one of the first Europeans to collect plants in Subsaharan Africa. |
| Habitat: | On sandy soils in woodland and thickets, on rocky slopes and riverine fringes. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Oct-Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, just entering northeastern South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,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: | Friday 20 July 2007 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 758. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 267. As Diospyros usambarensis usambarensis 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 39. White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 266 - 268. As Diospyros usambarensis usambarensis (Includes a picture). |
Other sources of information about Diospyros loureiriana subsp. loureiriana:
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Flora of Malawi: Diospyros loureiriana subsp. loureirianaFlora of Mozambique: Diospyros loureiriana subsp. loureiriana
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Diospyros loureirianaAfrican Plant Database: Diospyros loureiriana
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Diospyros loureiriana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Diospyros loureiriana
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Diospyros loureiriana
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iNaturalist: Diospyros loureiriana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Diospyros loureiriana
JSTOR Plant Science: Diospyros loureiriana
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Diospyros loureiriana
Plants of the World Online: Diospyros loureiriana
Tropicos: Diospyros loureiriana
Wikipedia: Diospyros loureiriana
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