Diospyros lycioides lycioides
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Leaves
04 Jul 2006
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Leaves (note hairs)
04 Jul 2006
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Fruit
17 Dec 2006
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Leaves
19 Mar 2007
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Flowers
28 Apr 2007
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Leaves and fruit
01 Jan 2012
| Family: | Ebenaceae |
| Full name: | Diospyros lycioides Desf. subsp. lycioides |
| ID status: | Fairly certain |
| Afrikaans common name(s): | Bloubos, Jakkalsbessie, Karoobloubos |
| English common name(s): | Blue bush, Monkey plum |
| Synonym(s): | Diospyros lycioides Desf. subsp. lycioides (1805) Royena lycioides (Desf.) A.DC. |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: | Shrub or small tree up to 6 m high. Branchlets spreading at right–angles or slightly ascending at the ends, occasionally spinescent, mostly naked towards the base with the leaves crowded towards the tips. Chromosome numbers: 2n = 30, 60. (from JSTOR website / Flora Zambesiaca) |
| Link(s) |
African Plant Database
JSTOR Plant Science Kew Herbarium Catalogue BGBM Berlin-Dahlem - Virtual Herbarium Züricher Herbarien Flora of Zimbabwe Fleurs de notre Terre - Galerie Namibie |
| Content last updated: | 10 Jan 2012 |
