Species Ximenia caffra
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Etymology of Ximenia:
Probably for Francisco Ximénez (1666–1729), Spanish Dominican monk who went to Guatemala in 1688, where he learned Kaqchikel, or Kaqchiquel, a Mayan language, and is accredited with the conservation and survival of the Popol Vuh, a manuscript dealing with Meso-American mythologies. From 1693, he was a doctrinero (teacher of Christian doctrine) in various parishes before being appointed vicar, then predicador general of Rabinal (1704–1714) and its surrounding districts, where he founded a hospital. Among his writings is Historia Natural del Reino de Guatemala (Natural History of the Kingdom of Guatemala), concerning the flora and fauna of Guatemala, their medicinal and industrial use, and indigenous beliefs about the properties of drugs.
Etymology of caffra:
From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei and Keiskamma rivers in the latter half of the 19th century
Scientific name:
Ximenia caffra Sond.
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Protologue:
Linnaea 23: 21 (1850)
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Year published:
1850
Observations of Taxon
Ximenia caffra
Name of observer:
Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Ximenia caffra
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Name of observer:
Joan van Gogh (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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