Drypetes mossambicensis Hutch.

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Drypetes mossambicensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Near Humani Ranch main house

Drypetes mossambicensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Near Humani Ranch main house

Drypetes mossambicensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Near Humani Ranch main house

Drypetes mossambicensis

Photo: Mark Hyde
Near Humani Ranch main house

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Synonyms:
Common names: Water ironplum (English)
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Shrub or small to medium-sized tree, deciduous or near evergreen depending on the habitat. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, tapering or attenuate, up to 11 cm long, shiny bright green above, somewhat blue-green below, asymmetric at the base; margin sub-entire or widely and shallowly serrate. Flowers unisexual on different trees, female flowers solitary, male flowers in small axillary clusters, yellowish-green, scented. Fruits ellipsoid, somewhat fleshy, c. 1.5 cm long, yellow to orange when ripe, tipped by two old style branches.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name: mossambicensis: of Mozambique
Habitat: On alluvial soils in riverine woodland and along floodplains, at the base of rocky hills or on termite mounds.
Altitude range: (metres) Up to 760 m
Flowering time:Mainly Sep - Nov
Worldwide distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eswatini, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Zimbabwe distribution: N,E,S
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
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Images last updated: Saturday 13 July 2019
Literature:

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 402. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 251.

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 41.

Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 89 - 91. (Includes a picture).


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Flora of Malawi: Drypetes mossambicensis
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Flora of Zambia: Drypetes mossambicensis

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Drypetes mossambicensis
African Plant Database: Drypetes mossambicensis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Drypetes mossambicensis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Drypetes mossambicensis
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Drypetes mossambicensis
JSTOR Plant Science: Drypetes mossambicensis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Drypetes mossambicensis
Plants of the World Online: Drypetes mossambicensis
Tropicos: Drypetes mossambicensis
Wikipedia: Drypetes mossambicensis


Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Drypetes mossambicensis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134480, retrieved 6 December 2024

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