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Cryptocarya liebertiana
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Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique
Photo: Bart Wursten
Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique
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| Common names: | Tropical wild-quince (E) Wild quince (E) | |
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| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Medium to large evergreen tree, often with a buttressed stem. Bark grey-brown, shallowly fissured, reddish brown when slashed, revealing creamy-white wood. Leaves oblong to slightly ovate up to 10 × 4 cm, dark glossy green above, pale blue-green below, more or less distinctly 3-veined from above the base; apex rounded, obtuse or emarginate; margin entire, wavy. Flowers in short axillary heads, greenish and inconspicuous. Fruit subspherical, c. 2 cm in diameter, dark red to purple when ripe. | |
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| Habitat: | In evergreen forest. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 700 - 2600 m | |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Feb | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania to KwaZulu-Natal, S Africa. | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E | |
| Growth form: | T | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | ||
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| Endemic status: | ||
| Red data list status: | ||
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 21 June 2007 |
Other sources of information about Cryptocarya liebertiana:
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Cryptocarya liebertiana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cryptocarya liebertiana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cryptocarya liebertiana
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cryptocarya liebertiana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cryptocarya liebertiana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cryptocarya liebertiana
West African Plants database: Cryptocarya liebertiana
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