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Ximenia americana

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Name

Identification
Ximenia americana L. [family OLACACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ximenia americana

Flora

Entry for Ximenia americana L. [family OLACACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 328, (1963) Author: J. G. Garcia
Names
Ximenia americana L. [family OLACACEAE], Sp. Pl. 2: 1193 (1753). — Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 30 (1909). — Engl., Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 1: 82, fig. 46 (1915). — Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 345 (1916). — Burtt Davy & Hoyle, N.C.L.: 57 (1936). — Louis & Léonard, F.C.B. 1: 256 (1948). — Brenan, T.T.C.1: 387 (1949). — Exell & Mendonça, C.F.A. 1, 2: 322 (1951). — Wild, Guide Fl. Vict. Falls: 151 (1953). — Keay, F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 1, 2: 646 (1958). — White, F.F.N.R.: 42 (1962). TAB. 65 fig. B. Type from tropical America.
Ximenia americana var. microphylla Welw. ex Oliv. [family OLACACEAE], F.T.A. 1: 346 (1868). — O. B. Mill., B.C.L.: 12 (1949). Type from Angola.
Ximenia rogersii Burtt Davy [family OLACACEAE], F.P.F.T. 2: xxxv, 454 (1932). Holotype: S. Rhodesia, Bulawayo, Rogers 22569 (K).
Information
Shrub or small tree up to 5 m. tall, glabrous, usually spiny; branches divaricate or more rarely ascendent. Leaf-lamina 2–8 × 1–4 cm., oblong-elliptic, obtuse to retuse at the apex, coriaceous; midrib impressed above, prominent below; lateral nerves 3–6 pairs, subinconspicuous on both surfaces; petiole 3–6 mm. long, canaliculate, puberulous or pubescent above. Flowers in pedunculate racemose or umbelliform cymes; pedicels 3–7 mm. long; buds ellipsoid or oblong-obovoid. Calyx 4 (5) -lobed, with ± slightly ciliate margins. Petals 4 (5), 5–10 × 1–2·5 mm., glabrous outside, densely bearded within, apiculate. Stamens 8; filaments 2–4 mm. long; anthers 2–4 × 0·4–0·8 mm. Ovary c. 3 × 1·5 mm.; style 1–2 mm. long, columnar, caducous. Fruit c. 2·5 cm. in diam., drupaceous, yellow when ripe, ellipsoid or subglobose, edible. Seed c. 1·5 cm. in diam.
Habitat
Dry woodland, grassland with trees and coastal bush.
Range
Widespread in the tropics.
Altitude range
100
0
inferred from habitat
Distribution
Mozambique M between Lourenço Marques and Namaacha, fl. 16.x.1940, Torre 1794 (COI; K; LISC).Mozambique GI Guijá, between Mabalane and Mapai, fr. 4.xi.1944, Mendonça 2755 (LISC; LM; SRGH).Mozambique MS Mossurize, between the Catholic Mission and R. Mossurize, fl. 9.vi.1942, Torre 4287 (BR; COI; K; LISC).Mozambique T Tete, 17 km. from Changara on road to Mtoko, fl. 28.ix.1948, Wild 2662 (K; SRGH).Mozambique Z between Mopeia and Campo, fl. 12.ix.1944, Mendonça 2042 (COI; K; LISC).Zimbabwe S Sabi-Odzi Junction, fl. 5.ix.1945, McGregor 49/47 (SRGH).Zimbabwe E Umtali, fl. 20.ix.1948, Chase 978 (K).Zimbabwe C Hunyani, fl. 15.ix.1946, Wild 1243 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Victoria Falls, fl. & fr. 12.xi.1919, Shantz 406 (K); Bulawayo, fl. 21.ii.1922, Eyles 3312 (BOL; SRGH).Zambia S Mazabuka, Choma, fl. 28.vii.1952, Angus 65 (K); Livingstone, fl. 26.viii.1947, Brenan & Greenway 7752 (EA).Zambia C Chilanga, Quien Sabe, fl. 19.ix.1929, Sandwith 13 (K).Zambia W Kitwe, fl. 3.ii.1957, Fanshawe 2990 (K).Zambia N Luangwa Valley, Mwuniamazi R., fl. 1.x.1933, Michelmore 618 (K).Botswana SE Mochudi, st. i–iv.1914, Harbor in Rogers 6629 (K).Botswana SW Ghanzi, fr. 22.vii.1955. Story 5061 (K; PRE).Mozambique N Moçambique, Imala, fl. & fr. 23.x.1948, Barbosa 2564 (LISC; LMJ).Zimbabwe N Urungwe, Kariba, fl. & fr. 14.i.1956, Phelps 103 (K).Zambia B Sesheke Distr., Seembe Pool, fl. 15.ix.1947, Rea 108 (K).Botswana N Ngamiland, Kwebe Hills, fl. vii.1897, Lugard 3 (K).

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