Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia Pax
var. maprouneifolia

Selected images: Click on each image to see a larger version and details of the record View all images (5)

Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia

Photo: Bart Wursten
Osborne Dam

Photo: Bart Wursten
Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus

Photo: Petra Ballings
Gardiner Farm, nr Arcturus

Photo: Bart Wursten
Bunga Camp, base of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park.

Detailed records: Display species records QDS maps by: Google Maps Point records by Google Maps

Species details: Click on each item to see an explanation of that item (Note: opens a new window)

Synonyms:
Common names:	Duiker-berry (English) Kudu-berry (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Small tree. Leaves alternate, broadly ovate to rounded; margin entire. The leaves display bright autumn colours of yellow or red. Flowers in few-flowered axillary clusters, small and inconspicuous, pale green, unisexual on separate trees. Fruit ovoid to subspherical, slightly ribbed as if about to split into six segments, yellow when ripe.
Type location:
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	maprouneifolia: with leaves like a Maprounea, another genus in Euphorbiaceae
Habitat:
Altitude range: (metres)
Flowering time:	Jul - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	From DRC, Burundi and Tanzania to Namibia and northern South Africa.
National distribution:	N,SE
Growth form(s):
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 419. (Includes a picture). Curtis, B.A. & Mannheimer, C.A. (2005). Tree Atlas of Namibia National Botanic Research Institute, Windhoek Pages 318 - 319. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 110 - 111. (Includes a picture). 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 42. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Pages 23 - 25. (Includes a picture). Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 58. Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 76 - 77. (Includes a picture).

Other sources of information about Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia
Flora of Malawi: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia
Flora of Mozambique: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia
Flora of Zambia: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
African Plant Database: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
JSTOR Plant Science: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
Plants of the World Online: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
Tropicos: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia
Wikipedia: Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia