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Schinziophyton rautanenii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road from Hwange NP to main Vic Falls / Bulawayo Rd, Matetsi Safari Area
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near 'Save the Nation Store' by the main Bulawayo - Vic Falls Rd
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near 'Save the Nation Store' by the main Bulawayo - Vic Falls Rd
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near 'Save the Nation Store' by the main Bulawayo - Vic Falls Rd
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near 'Save the Nation Store' by the main Bulawayo - Vic Falls Rd
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near 'Save the Nation Store' by the main Bulawayo - Vic Falls Rd
Photo: Bart Wursten
Near 'Save the Nation Store' by the main Bulawayo - Vic Falls Rd
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| Synonyms: |
Ricinodendron rautanenii Schinz |
| Common names: | Manketti tree (English) Mongongo nut (English) Umgoma (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Usually medium-sized to large spreading tree. Bark grey to pale golden-brown, smooth, often peeling. Leaves spirally arranged, digitate with 5-7 leaflets; leaflets elliptic-ovate to oblanceolate, dark green above, pale grey below, turning bright yellow before falling, stellate hairy; 2-4 bright green glands just above the petiole; margins entire edged with gland dots. Flowers unisexual on different trees, calyx and ovary densely covered in golden-brown to rusty stellate hairs. Fruit ovoid, 2.5 × 3.5 cm, light grey-green, covered in velvety hairs. The hard seeds produce an edible oil. |
| Notes: | |
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| Habitat: | Occurring on sandy soils in decidous woodland, along rivers, on woded hillsides, often on Kalahari sand and sometimes forming large stands. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1220 m |
| Flowering time: | Oct - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Tanzania, southern DRC, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and northern South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
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| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 20 January 2011 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Schinziophyton rautaneniiAfrican Plant Database: Schinziophyton rautanenii
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Schinziophyton rautanenii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Schinziophyton rautanenii
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Schinziophyton rautanenii
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Schinziophyton rautanenii
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Schinziophyton rautanenii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Schinziophyton rautanenii
JSTOR Plant Science: Schinziophyton rautanenii
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Schinziophyton rautanenii
Tropicos: Schinziophyton rautanenii
West African Plants database: Schinziophyton rautanenii
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