Species Sideroxylon inerme
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Sideroxylon:
Gk. sideros = iron; xylon = wood; referring to the hard wood (though the common ‘ironwoods’ are in the entirely different oleaceous group).
Etymology of inerme:
From the Latin ‘inerme’ / ‘inermis’ meaning ‘unarmed’
Scientific name:
Sideroxylon inerme L.
Common names:
Witmelkhout
Umqwashu
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Sp. Pl. 1: 192 (1753)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1753
Shrub or small tree to 10 m. Leaves dark green, leathery, elliptic, obtuse. Flowers 1-few in axillary clusters or cauliflorous, greenish-white. Fruits fleshy, black. Dec.--June. Sand dunes and coastal bush, SW, AP, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Sideroxylon inerme
Name of observer:
Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
Date observed:
03/12/2010 - 1:31pm
Collection:
Sideroxylon inerme
Name of observer:
Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
Date observed:
05/12/2010 - 5:27pm
Collection:
Sideroxylon inerme
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
16/10/2016 - 2:02pm
Collection:
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