Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
mossambicensis: of Mozambique
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pseudobersama mossambicensis (Sim) Verdc. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=167960
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Small to medium-sized evergreen tree. Leaves imparipinnate with 4-8 pairs of sub-opposite leaflets and a terminal leaflet; leaflets oblong-elliptic, 3.5-9 cm long, with white tufts of hairs in the axils of the veins and along the midrib below; apex tapering; base asymmetric; margin entire. Flowers in axillary pedunculate heads, small, whitish. Fruit a woody capsule, c. 4 cm in diameter, covered with lobed antler-like appendages, red when ripe.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pseudobersama mossambicensis (Sim) Verdc. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=167960
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Coastal areas from Kenya to KwaZulu-Natal, S Africa
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- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pseudobersama mossambicensis (Sim) Verdc. Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=167960
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
