Cryptocarya woodii
Species of tree
Cryptocarya woodii | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | 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.[2] 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 polygons (areolae).[3] The larvae of Papilio euphranor and Charaxes xiphares breed on the foliage of this tree.
References
- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2020). "Cryptocarya woodii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T146448250A146448252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T146448250A146448252.en. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Mbambezeli, Giles, Cryptocarya woodii Engl.
- ^ Van Wyk, Braam; et al. (2007), How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa, Struik, p. 28, ISBN 978-1770072404
External links
- Cryptocarya woodii, Green Planet
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