Commiphora marlothii Engl.

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African Plant Database

 

Common names:	Ikwazakwaza (Ndebele) Kabongobongo (Tonga: Zimbabwe) Mudyaroro (Shona) Mufunuka (Shona) Mukuhunu (Shona) Munyera (Shona) Mupepe (Shona) Mutedza (Shona) Mutvedzambira (Shona) Muwirowiro (Shona) Nyanzoni (Shona) Paperbark corkwood (English) Umqoqodo (Ndebele)
Frequency:	Common
Status:	Native
Description:	Small to medium-sized deciduous tree. The distinct smooth bark is strongly aromatic and peels in large papery sheets revealing a bright green fresh layer underneath. Leaves imparipinnate with 3 - 4 pairs of leaflets and a terminal leaflet. Leaflets oblong to obovate, finely velvety, particularly below; margins scalloped or toothed. Flowers in axillary compact heads, small, yellow, produced with the new leaves. Fruit, fleshy, elliptic, green, splitting to reveal a yellow or red pseudo-aril.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	marlothii: named after H.W.R. Marloth (1855-1931) South African pharmacist and botanist.
Habitat:	In woodland but always associated with rocky kopjes.
Altitude range: (metres)	500 - 1550 m
Flowering time:	Oct - Nov
Worldwide distribution:	Northern Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Zimbabwe distribution:	N,W,C,E,S
Growth form(s):	Tree.

Flora of Zimbabwe: Species information: Commiphora marlothii (zimbabweflora.co.zw)

 

 

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