Dovyalis macrocalyx
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Photo: Tongai Castigo
Nhandare River near Vila Gorongosa
Photo: Tongai Castigo
Nhandare River near Vila Gorongosa
Photo: Riaan Kotze
Chirinda Forest, Zimbabwe.
Photo: Riaan Kotze
Chirinda Forest, Zimbabwe.
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| Synonyms: |
Aberia macrocalyx Oliv. Dovyalis chirindensis Engl. Dovyalis salicifolia Gilg |
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| Description: |
Shrub or small tree up to c. 7 m tall; young branches slender, usually armed with slender, straight spines up to c. 5 cm long. Leaves narrowly ovate, elliptic or ovate, 2.5–9 cm long, membranous or thinly leathery, somewhat shiny above, hairless on both sides, with 5–7 basal veins, subprominent on both sides; margin remotely crenulate or entire; petiole c. 2 mm long, puberulous. Male flowers in 1–4-flowered axillary clusters; pedicels 2–3 mm long, shortly and densely pubescent; calyx 5-6-lobed, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 3–4 mm long; margin entire or occasionally with a few coarse teeth and sometimes with one or two glandular hairs; stamens c. 20, 5 mm long. Female flowers 1–2 per axil; calyx 6–10-lobed, narrowly lanceolate, c. 6.5 mm long, often incurved at the apex, pubescent on both sides; margin with dense stalked glands; styles 2, pubescent, divergent, c. 3 mm. long. Fruiting calyx enlarged, pinkish-green or red, marginal glands also much enlarged and fimbriate-ciliate, the calyx-lobes equal or slightly exceeding the fruit. Fruit fleshy, red, ellipsoid, puberulous, 2-seeded. |
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Angola |
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| Derivation of specific name: | macrocalyx: with a large calyx |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Uganda, Sudan, Kenya, Tanganyika, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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| Insects associated with this species: | Phalanta phalantha aethiopica (Food plant) |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Sunday 13 October 2024 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 173. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 640. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 23. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. (1989). The flora and phytogeography of the evergreen forests of Malawi. I: Afromontane and mid-altitude forests; Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 59(1/2) Page 21. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 261. 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 Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 231. Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 52. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 104. Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, B., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R,J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London Page 73. Wild, H. (1960). Flacourtiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 281 - 283. (Includes a picture). |
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