Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
rotundifolia: with round (circular) leaves
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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). Diospyros rotundifolia Hiern Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=183810
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Evergreen shrub or small tree, to 9 m. Leaves coriaceous, ± circular; apex rounded to ± truncate, often emarginate; margin recurved; glossy green above, paler beneath; lateral veins c. 5, indistinct. Flowers solitary in axils, creamy white. Ovary glabrous with (8-)10 loculi. Fruit spherical, glabrous, red to purplish; female calyx persistent with wing-like lobes reflexed to form a frill.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Diospyros rotundifolia Hiern Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=183810
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Southern coastal Mozambique and S Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Diospyros rotundifolia Hiern Flora of Mozambique website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=183810
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
