Schinus molle L.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Alexandra Park, Harare

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Common names:	California pepper-tree (English) Peruvian mastic-tree (English)
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Description:	Small to medium-sized tree, to 8 m. Branches and foliage pendulous. Leaves long (to 25 cm). Leaflets numerous, linear-lanceolate; margin serrate. Inflorescence of small flowers in a much-branched panicle. Fruit 7-10 mm in diameter.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	molle: from Mulli, the Peruvian name
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Worldwide distribution:	Native of the Peruvian Andes; widely cultivated in warm regions
Botswana distribution:
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Endemic status:
Red data list status:
Insects associated with this species:	Bombycomorpha bifascia (Food plant) Micraphe lateritia (Larval foodplant) Menophra obtusata (Larval foodplant)
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Setshogo, M.P. (2005). Preliminary checklist of the plants of Botswana. Sabonet Report no. 37. Sabonet, Pretoria and Gaborone Page 23.

Flora of Burundi: Schinus molle
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Schinus molle

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Schinus molle
African Plant Database: Schinus molle
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Schinus molle
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