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Afrocanthium lactescens
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Domboshawa.
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Domboshawa.
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Domboshawa.
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Mana Pools, by main road to camp, at point bend in road
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Mana Pools, by main road to camp, at point bend in road
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Mana Pools, by main road to camp, at point bend in road
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Hillside Dams,Bulawayo
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Along Zvishavane - Mbalabala road
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Along Zvishavane - Mbalabala road
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| Synonyms: |
Canthium lactescens Hiern Canthium randii S. Moore |
| Common names: | Gummy canthium (English) |
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| 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. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | lactescens: milky |
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| Flowering time: | Sep - Feb |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Burundi, DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. (1998). Rubiaceae, Part 2 Flora Zambesiaca 5(2) Pages 325 - 327. (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 920. (Includes a picture). Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 1090. Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 27. as Canthium lactescens Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 276. As Canthium lactescens 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 71. As Canthium lactescens |
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Afrocanthium lactescens
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