Diospyros mweroensis
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Habit
Miombo woodland and termitaria
Nsumbu National Park, Sumbu Distr.
Mar 2022
Photo: Mark Ghaui
Bark
Miombo woodland and termitaria
Nsumbu National Park, Sumbu Distr.
Mar 2022
Photo: Mark Ghaui
Leaves
Miombo woodland and termitaria
Nsumbu National Park, Sumbu Distr.
Mar 2022
Photo: Mark Ghaui
Fruit
Miombo woodland and termitaria
Nsumbu National Park, Sumbu Distr.
Mar 2022
Photo: Mark Ghaui
Fruit
Miombo woodland and termitaria
Nsumbu National Park, Sumbu Distr.
Mar 2022
Photo: Mark Ghaui
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Semi-deciduous tree up to 10 m tall; bark smooth, shed in large irregular scales; leaves leathery, 3.2 x 1.2-9.5 x 3.5 cm, oblanceolate, oblanceolate-oblong or obovate-oblong, apex shortly and abruptly acuminate, rarely acute or obtuse, base cuneate or rounded, lateral nerves prominent beneath; male flowers subfasciculate or in shortly pedunculate cymes, 6-9 together in axils of fallen leaves or on older branchlets; female flowers in 1-5 flowered fascicles on older leafless branches with corollas c. 1.3 cm long; fruit apiculate, yellow at first turning black at maturity, c. 2.5 x 2.2 cm, glabrous; fruiting calyx 1.4 x 2.4 cm; seeds 8, c. 1.6 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm, black. |
| Type location: |
DRC |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | mweroensis: presumably after Lake Mweru, the region around which the species occurs |
| Habitat: | Miombo woodland and on termitaria |
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| Worldwide distribution: | DRC (Katanga) and Zambia |
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| Growth form(s): | Terrestrial. |
| Endemic status: | Near Endemic |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 161. (Includes a picture). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 46. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 326. White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 255 - 257. (Includes a picture). |
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