Diospyros loureiriana G. Don
subsp. loureiriana

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Diospyros loureiriana subsp. loureiriana

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Chitengo Camp, Gorongosa National Park.

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Jamanda Wilderness Area, Mehenye

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Chipote, Mahenye, Ndowoyo CL.

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Sand Forest, Gorongosa National Park Loop

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Pande, Inhassoro District.

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Nr Mphingwe, Catapu, Mozambique

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Synonyms:	Diospyros usambarensis F. White subsp. usambarensis
Common names:	Dye star-apple (English) Sand star-apple (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Shrub or small tree. Bark grey to blackish, rough. Leaves crowded at the ends of branches, obovate to elliptic, 3-11 cm, leathery, glossy green, hairless or with hairs along the veins; margin entire. Flowers axillary in few-flowered clusters, white. Fruit fleshy, spherical, 1.5-2.5 cm in diameter, yellow, cupped in leaf-like lobes, c. 3 cm, often almost totally enclosing the fruit.
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Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	loureiriana: named after J. de Loureiro (1715-1796), Portuguese missionary and scientist, one of the first Europeans to collect plants in Subsaharan Africa.
Habitat:	On sandy soils in woodland and thickets, on rocky slopes and riverine fringes.
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Oct-Dec
Worldwide distribution:	Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, just entering northeastern South Africa
National distribution:	S
Growth form(s):	Tree, shrub over 2 m.
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Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 758. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 267. As Diospyros usambarensis usambarensis 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. White, F. (1983). Ebenaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(1) Pages 266 - 268. As Diospyros usambarensis usambarensis (Includes a picture).

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