Ozoroa engleri R.Fern. & A.Fern.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae > Ozoroa

Characteristics

Leaves alternate or the uppermost ones subverticillate or verticillate; petiole 1–3 cm. long, slender, dorsally convex, flattened near the base and narrowly furrowed to the apex on the upper surface, from cinnamon-coloured to dark brown, very sparsely and appressed-pilose, rarely with somewhat longer patent hairs; lamina very discolorous (dark green to nearly black and glabrous on the upper surface, distinctly cinereous when young, sometimes greyish-green when older on the under surface, i.e. densely covered by minute very appressed hairs), 4–14 × 1–3·3 cm., oblong to narrowly elliptic, narrowing to both ends, frequently folded and arched at the midrib, attenuate to acute (rarely rounded) and mucronate at the apex, with slightly thickened frequently undulate margin, usually acute at the base, membranous to papyraceous; midrib a little impressed above, very prominent beneath; lateral nerves very slender, not or only slightly raised above, darker-coloured than the lamina, sparsely appressed-puberulous and not at all raised below, 1·5–4 mm. apart in the median part of lamina, rather regularly forked at 2–2·5 mm. from the margin; reticulation invisible on both surfaces.
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A small tree. It grows 8 m tall. The small branches are densely leafy. The leaves are alternate. They are drooping and taper to the tip. They are 1-16 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. The flowers are creamy white. The fruit are small and round to kidney shaped. They are 1 cm across. The fruit have green to brown spots.
Shrub or small tree, up to 5 m high. Leaves oblong to narrowly elliptic, 40-140 x 10-33 mm, petioles 10-30 mm long; upper leaf surface glabrous to sparsely pubescent on midrib, lower surface with short, closely appressed silvery pubescence. Flowers creamy white.
Small tree 6–8 m. tall or a robust shrub; branches with many densely leafy branchlets, brownish-or reddish-or greyish-appressed-puberulous to glabrescent, cylindric, slightly striate on the lower parts, a little more striate or sulcate on the upper parts.
Panicles terminal and axillary, the later shorter than the leaves, with cinereous sulcate axis and branches, the male ones very dense; pedicels 1–1·5 mm. long.
Drupe black, somewhat shining, 6·5–8 × 9·5–12 × 4·5–5 mm., transversally ellipsoid, compressed.
Calyx-segments c. 1 × 1 mm., ovate-triangular, minutely appressed-pilose.
Petals c. 3 × 1·25 mm., hairy like the calyx.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 6.0 - 8.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Soil texture 5-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Distribution

Ozoroa engleri world distribution map, present in Botswana, Mozambique, eSwatini, and South Africa

Conservation status

Ozoroa engleri threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70162-1
WFO ID wfo-0001050271
COL ID 4BNSV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ozoroa engleri