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Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
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Castleburn Forest, Vumba
Photo: Bart Wursten
Castleburn Forest, Vumba
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| Synonyms: |
Chrysophyllum boivinianum auct. Chrysophyllum fulvum S. Moore |
| Common names: | Brown-berry fluted-milkwood (English) Fluted milkwood (English) Muchanje (Shona) Muchanza (Shona) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Large evergreen tree with a long, straight stem, which is characteristically fluted. Leaves narrowly to broadly oblong-elliptic, shiny dark green and glabrous above, covered in rusty or silvery velvet hairs below. Midrib and lateral veins clearly visible; margin entire. Flowers in short, axillary clusters, whitish, densely covered by rusty hairs. Fruit ellipsoid to almost spherical, covered in dark brown hairs. |
| Notes: | In forest situations the leaves may be confused with those of Englerophytum magalismontanum. The latter usually has narrower leaves with the lateral veins obscured by the velvet hairs on the underside. |
| Derivation of specific name: | gorungosanum: of Mt Gorongosa in Mozambique, where the type was collected. |
| Habitat: | In evergreen forest. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Dec - Jan |
| Worldwide distribution: | Cameroon, Angola, DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form: | ST |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 18 December 2008 |
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Flora of Mozambique: Chrysophyllum gorungosanumAfrican Plant Database: Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
JSTOR Plant Science: Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
Tropicos: Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
West African Plants database: Chrysophyllum gorungosanum
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