Diospyros batocana
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Chinotimba, Victoria Falls
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Chinotimba, Victoria Falls
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Jafuta Lodge grounds
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Jafuta Lodge grounds
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Jafuta Lodge grounds
Lusaka 1976
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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 |
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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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| Flowering time: | Jun - Sep |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, Botswana, Zambia, DRC and W Zimbabwe |
| FZ divisions: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Tree. |
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| 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). Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 46. 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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