Derivation of specific name
(
Anglèis
)
fornì da Flora of Zimbabwe
mollis: soft
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- cc-by-nc
- drit d'autor
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- sitassion bibliogràfica
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Commiphora mollis (Oliv.) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133340
- autor
- Mark Hyde
- autor
- Bart Wursten
- autor
- Petra Ballings
Description
(
Anglèis
)
fornì da Flora of Zimbabwe
Small to medium-sized unarmed tree. Bark grey to brown, smooth or flaking in rather thick discs; watery to milky sap present; older trees often fluted. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate with 2-6 pairs leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets elliptic, up to 6 × 3 cm, lower pairs often smaller, greyish-green, shortly hairy, paler and more densely hairy below; margin entire. Flowers in small axillary clusters, yellowish to pinkish, appearing before or with the new leaves. Fruit almost round, c. 1 cm in diameter, red when ripe, densely hairy, splitting to reveal a black seed with a 4-lobed bright red pseudo-aril.
- licensa
- cc-by-nc
- drit d'autor
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- sitassion bibliogràfica
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Commiphora mollis (Oliv.) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133340
- autor
- Mark Hyde
- autor
- Bart Wursten
- autor
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
(
Anglèis
)
fornì da Flora of Zimbabwe
Angola, Botswana, DRC, Namibia, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe and northern South Africa.
- licensa
- cc-by-nc
- drit d'autor
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- sitassion bibliogràfica
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Commiphora mollis (Oliv.) Engl. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=133340
- autor
- Mark Hyde
- autor
- Bart Wursten
- autor
- Petra Ballings