Cryptocarya woodii
Cryptocarya woodii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Magnoliids |
Order: | Laurales |
Family: | Lauraceae |
Genus: | Cryptocarya |
Species: | C. woodii |
Binomial name | |
Cryptocarya woodii Engl. | |
Cryptocarya woodii, the Cape quince, is a shrub or small forest tree, native to southern and eastern Africa. Its Latin name commemorates John Medley Wood, a botanist in Natal. From mid summer the tree bears small, inconspicuous flowers.[1] The ripe fruit have a bumpy surface and are shiny, purple-black in colour. When a leaf is viewed against light some minute secretory glands are visible in the vein poligons (areolae).[2] The larvae of Papilio euphranor and Charaxes xiphares breed on the foliage of this tree.
References
- ↑ Mbambezeli, Giles, Cryptocarya woodii Engl.
- ↑ Van Wyk, Braam; et al. (2007), How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa, Struik, p. 28, ISBN 1770072403
External links
- Cryptocarya woodii, Green Planet
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