Diospyros batocana
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Chinotimba, Victoria Falls
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Chinotimba, Victoria Falls
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Jafuta Lodge grounds
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Jafuta Lodge grounds
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Jafuta Lodge grounds
Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
Lusaka 1976
Drawing: Patricia Bingham
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| Common names: | Batoka jackal-berry (English) Sand jackal-berry (English) |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small, often gnarled tree. Bark dark, rough and deeply fissured. Leaves elliptic, leathery, glossy green above, much paler grey-green below; margins rolled under. Flowers in clusters on old wood, creamy-white, sometimes tinged with violet. Fruit fleshy, nearly spherical, orange when ripe. |
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| Habitat: | In mixed woodland in hot areas. |
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| Flowering time: | Jun - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Zambia, DRC and W Zimbabwe |
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| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 266. 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 39. Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 158. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 54. White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 278 - 279. |
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