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Pappea capensis
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Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare
Photo: Mark Hyde
National Botanic Garden, Harare
Photo: Rob Burrett
Tshipise, Limpopo, S Africa
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| Synonyms: |
Pappea fulva Conrath |
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| Common names: | Indaba tree (E) Jacket plum (E) Judgement tree (E) Muno we muchenya (S) Uzagogwane (N) | |
| Frequency: | Common | |
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Deciduous tree up to 10 m. Leaves: petiole up to 15 mm; lamina up to 10 × 6 cm, oblong to narrowly oblong, shortly pubescent above, tomentellous beneath; base rounded to subcordate; apex rounded and usually shortly mucronate; margin entire to sharply spiny-serrate. Inflorescence up to 16 cm. Flowers yellowish or greenish in fascicles or small subsessile cymes along the rhachis. Petals 0.7-1 mm in diameter. Fruit c.10 mm in diameter, subspherical, tomentellous. Seed c.7 mm in diameter, subspherical, black, shiny, nearly surrounded by the fleshy, orange-red arillode | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | capensis: of the Cape | |
| Habitat: | In open woodland, often on termite mounds. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | ||
| Flowering time: | Mainly Jan - May | |
| Worldwide distribution: | From Kenya to the Cape, S Africa | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | NWCES | |
| Growth form: | T | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | ||
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| Endemic status: | ||
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Monday 10 August 2009 |
Other sources of information about Pappea capensis:
Flora of Mozambique: Pappea capensisBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Pappea capensis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pappea capensis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pappea capensis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pappea capensis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pappea capensis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pappea capensis
West African Plants database: Pappea capensis
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