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Diospyros loureiriana
loureiriana
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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Diospyros usambarensis F. White subsp. usambarensis |
| Common names: | Dye star-apple (English) Sand star-apple (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Bark grey to blackish, rough. Leaves crowded at the ends of branches, obovate to elliptic, 3-11 cm, leathery, glossy green, hairless or with hairs along the veins; margin entire. Flowers axillary in few-flowered clusters, white. Fruit fleshy, spherical, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, yellow, cupped in leaf-like lobes, c. 3 cm, often almost totally enclosing the fruit. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | loureiriana: named after J. de Loureiro (1715-1796), Portuguese missionary and scientist, one of the first Europeans to collect plants in Subsaharan Africa. |
| Habitat: | On sandy soils in woodland and thickets, on rocky slopes and riverine fringes. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Oct-Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, just entering northeastern South Africa |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,E,S |
| 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: | Friday 20 July 2007 |
| Literature: |
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Flora of Mozambique: Diospyros loureirianaAfrican Plant Database: Diospyros loureiriana
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Diospyros loureiriana
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Diospyros loureiriana
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Diospyros loureiriana
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Diospyros loureiriana
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Diospyros loureiriana
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Diospyros loureiriana
JSTOR Plant Science: Diospyros loureiriana
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Diospyros loureiriana
Tropicos: Diospyros loureiriana
West African Plants database: Diospyros loureiriana
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