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Strychnos pungens
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Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
Photo: Bart Wursten
By road to Hwange NP, Main Camp.
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| Synonyms: | |
| Common names: | Mudo (Shona) Mugati (Shona) Mumbumi (Shona) Mutamba-usiku (Shona) Spiny-leaved monkey-orange (English) Umgwadi (Ndebele) Umgwai (Ndebele) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small, deciduous to sometimes evergreen tree. Bark grey to brown, rough and flaking in to squares lower on older trunks, grey and smooth higher up and on younger trees; branches corky and with swollen nodes and conspicuous lenticels. Leaves opposite, 3-veined from (near) the base, narrowly elliptic, 3-8 cm long, rigid or leathery, hairless with a hard, spiny apical point; margin entire; petiole thick, up to 4 mm long. Inflorescences in tight, axillary clusters, c. 2 cm wide; flowers greenish-white, up to 9 mm long. Fruit up to 12 cm in diameter, with a hard, woody shell, bluish-green, yellow when ripe, edible but less tasty than of other species. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | pungens; prickly, referring to the leaf tips |
| Habitat: | Occurring in woodland, often in rocky places and also on kalahari sand |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 2000 m |
| Flowering time: | October |
| Worldwide distribution: | Tropical Africa to Botswana and Limpopo, North-West, Gauteng and Mpumalanga, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C |
| Growth form: | |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Monday 13 December 2010 |
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African Plant Database: Strychnos pungensBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Strychnos pungens
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Strychnos pungens
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Strychnos pungens
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Strychnos pungens
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Strychnos pungens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Strychnos pungens
JSTOR Plant Science: Strychnos pungens
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Strychnos pungens
Tropicos: Strychnos pungens
West African Plants database: Strychnos pungens
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