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Ozoroa dispar (C.Presl) R.Fern. & A.Fern.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Ozoroa

Characteristics

Leaves simple, stalked, alternate, obovate-elliptic or ovate-oblong, obtuse or retuse, coriaceous, penninerved, glabrous and reticulate above, whitish-tomentose with reddish veins beneath; panicles terminal; branches divaricate; pedicels and calyces thinly puberulous; drupe sub-fleshy, reniform, compressed. Branches rugose, grayish, alternate or opposite. Leaves 1.5-2 inches long. Very like the preceding, but differs by the reticulated leaves, glabrous above, the shorter panicle with divaricate branches, the larger pentamerous flowers; and essentially by the smaller, compressed, reniform, sub-fleshy fruit, about 5-6 lines broad, 3-4 lines long.
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Evergreen, hard-leaved tree, up to 5 m tall. Leaves crowded at branch tips, elliptic, bright green and smooth above, covered with matted fine grey hairs with yellow tinge below, midrib thick, lateral veins ± equally conspicuous on both surfaces, dividing just before margin and then slightly less evident. Flowers small, creamy white. Fruit kidney-shaped, 10-13 mm wide, turning black and wrinkled.
A small tree. It is erect and spreading. It grows 5 m tall. The leaves have a smell.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows on dry, rocky or sandy soil. It grows below 750 m altitude. It grows in areas with a very low rainfall between 100-150 mm per year. It can grow in arid places.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture 7-8
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The sweet sap from broken stems is eaten.
Uses environmental use food
Edible saps
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Ozoroa dispar world distribution map, present in Namibia and South Africa

Conservation status

Ozoroa dispar threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70161-1
WFO ID wfo-0000385487
COL ID 75H8R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ozoroa dispar Rhus dispar Rhus rangeana Anaphrenium dispar Heeria dispar Heeria rangeana Ozoroa rangeana
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