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Syzygium guineense
huillense
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Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya
Photo: Bart Wursten
Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya
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| Synonyms: |
Eugenia guineensis (Willd.) Baill. ex Laness. var. huillensis Hiern Syzygium huillense (Hiern) Engl. Syzygium mumbwaense Greenway |
| Common names: | Dwarf waterberry (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Dwarf suffrutex, growing from a rhizome, up to 0.6 m tall but usually less. Leaves variable, ovate, obovate to lanceolate-elliptic. Flowers often on new growth growing straight from the rhizome. The fruits are edible. |
| Notes: | Although it is consistently very different in habit from other subspecies of S. guineense, which are all trees, most authors agree there is not enough evidence to support claims to treat it as a separate species. |
| Derivation of specific name: | huillensis: of the Huilla region in Angola where this taxon was first collected. |
| Habitat: | A species of open woodland and seasonally waterlogged grassland, often in sandy soils. |
| Altitude range: | 900 - 1540 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DRC, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and possibly in Mozambique. |
| Malawi distribution: | N |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Content last updated: | Thursday 19 November 2020 |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 699. As Syzygium huillense (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 54. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 836. 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 64. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 81. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 304. White, F. (1978). Myrtaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 198 - 203. |
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Flora of Mozambique: Syzygium guineense subsp. huillenseFlora of Zambia: Syzygium guineense subsp. huillense
Flora of Zimbabwe: Syzygium guineense subsp. huillense
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Syzygium guineense
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