Syzygium guineense
huillense
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Cleveland Dam
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Haka Game Park, Harare
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Haka Game Park
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Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya
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Luwawa Forest Reserve, Viphya
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| Synonyms: |
Eugenia guineensis (Willd.) Baill. ex Laness. var. huillensis Hiern Syzygium huillense (Hiern) Engl. Syzygium mumbwaense Greenway |
| Common names: | Dwarf waterberry (English) |
| Description: | Dwarf suffrutex, growing from a rhizome, up to 0.6 m tall but usually less. Leaves variable, ovate, obovate to lanceolate-elliptic. Flowers often on new growth growing straight from the rhizome. The fruits are edible. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | huillensis: of the Huilla region in Angola where this taxon was first collected. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Angola, DR Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe and possibly in Mozambique. |
| Growth form(s): | Shrub under 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 699. As Syzygium huillense (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 54. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Page 836. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola Strelitzia 22 SANBI, Pretoria Page 124. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 64. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 168. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 81. White, F. (1962). Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia Oxford Univ. Press. Page 304. White, F. (1978). Myrtaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4 Pages 198 - 203. |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Syzygium guineense subsp. huillense
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