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Canthium lactescens
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Domboshawa.
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Domboshawa.
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Domboshawa.
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Domboshawa.
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Domboshawa.
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Marydale Point Lake Chivero Recreational Park
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| Synonyms: |
Canthium randii S. Moore |
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| Common names: | Gummy canthium (E) | |
| Frequency: | ||
| Status: | Native | |
| Description: |
Small tree with horizontal branches. Bark smooth, somewhat rough in older specimens, purplish-grey; bark and leaves exuding a gum-like sap when damaged. Leaves opposite, mostly at the ends of new shoots, ovate to broadly elliptic, 7-18 cm long, hairless or slightly velvet below. Stipules persistent and woody. Flowers in many-flowered heads on the old nodes, whitish to pale yellow, small, sweetly scented. Fruit 7-12 mm in diameter, squarish, distinctly 2-lobed, yellow to purple-brown when ripe, edible. | |
| Notes: | ||
| Derivation of specific name: | lactescens: milky | |
| Habitat: | In deciduous woodland, often among rocks. | |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1000 - 1800 m | |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Feb | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | NWCES | |
| Growth form: | ||
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | ||
| Literature: | ||
| Endemic status: | ||
| Red data list status: | ||
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species | |
| Content last updated: | Sunday 1 February 2009 |
Other sources of information about Canthium lactescens:
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Canthium lactescens
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Canthium lactescens
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Canthium lactescens
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Canthium lactescens
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Canthium lactescens
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Canthium lactescens
West African Plants database: Canthium lactescens
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