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Boscia angustifolia
corymbosa
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Photo: Petra Ballings
Nduna Lodge, Malilangwe
Photo: Petra Ballings
Nduna Lodge, Malilangwe
Photo: Petra Ballings
Nduna Lodge, Malilangwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nduna Lodge, Malilangwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nduna Lodge, Malilangwe
Photo: Bart Wursten
Nduna Lodge, Malilangwe
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| Synonyms: |
Boscia corymbosa Gilg |
| Common names: | Inkinza (Ndebele) Mupama (Shona) Rough-leaved shepherds tree (English) Umbalabala (Ndebele) Umgugudu (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small evergreen tree. Leaves mostly clustered on very small woody spurs along the branches, oblanceolate to elliptic, 2-7 cm, leathery, dark green above and finely hairy only when young, hairless later, paler grey-green and densely hairy below; midrib grooved along the top; apex broadly tapering to rounded, often with a sharp point. Flowers in dense branched terminal heads, small, without petals, creamy-white to yellowish, sweetly scented. Fruit round, c. 10 mm in diameter, yellow to blackish when ripe. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | angustifolia: narrow-leaved |
| Habitat: | In hot and dry woodland, often on termite mounds. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Randomly throughout the year, often after sudden rain. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Botswana, DRC, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | T |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Friday 6 April 2007 |
| Literature: |
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Flora of Mozambique: Boscia angustifoliaAfrican Plant Database: Boscia angustifolia
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Boscia angustifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Boscia angustifolia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Boscia angustifolia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Boscia angustifolia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Boscia angustifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Boscia angustifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Boscia angustifolia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Boscia angustifolia
Tropicos: Boscia angustifolia
West African Plants database: Boscia angustifolia
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