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| Synonyms: |
Eriudaphus mundii Eckl. & Zeyh. Eriudaphus serratus Harv. Phoberos mundii (Eckl. & Zeyh.) C. Presl |
| Common names: | Red-pear (English) |
| Frequency: | Rare, known from a few scattered, mostly unprotected localities in Nyanga and Chimanimani. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small to medium-sized tree. Bark grey to brown, flaking in older specimens; branches unarmed or sometimes armed with slender spines up to 4 cm long, particularly on young shoots. Leaves, more or less narrowly ovate, 3.5-7 cm long, with along drip-tip, hairless, shiny green above, duller below, veining prominent on both surfaces; margin conspicuously toothed; petiole often reddish. Flowers in dense axillary branched heads, greenish, 4-8 mm in diameter, sweetly scented. Fruit subspherical, 7-10 mm in diameter, sharply tipped, fleshy, bright yellow to orange when ripe. |
| Notes: | Detailed information may be found on the plantzafrica site. |
| Derivation of specific name: | mundii: after J.L.L. Mund (1791-1831), a Prussian pharmacist and plant collector in South Africa. |
| Habitat: | In evergreen forest, along forest margins and on grassy mountain slopes. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 2200 m |
| Flowering time: | May - Aug |
| Worldwide distribution: | Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa, Zimbabwe. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | Critically Endangered |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 50. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 261. Golding, J.S. (ed.) (2002). Zimbabwe Plant Red Data List. Southern African Plant Red Data Lists. SABONET 14 Page 165. 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 53. Under Flacourtiaceae |
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