| Boscia albitrunca (Burch.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben. |
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| Family : CAPPARACEAE |
Protologue : Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 212 (1915) |
| Information on the genus : Boscia |
| Basionym : Capparis albitrunca Burch. |
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Status
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Capparis albitrunca Burch. (1822) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Boscia pechuellii Kuntze |
| =Boscia transvaalensis Pestal. |
| =*Capparis oleoides auct. sensu Marloth |
| =Capparis punctata Burch. (1822) |
| =Boscia puberula Pax (1894) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Much-branched tree, to 10 m; trunk stout. |
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| Ecology : |
Drier woodlands and bush, sometimes on termite-mounds. Caprivi Strip, Namibia, Botswana, S. Africa (a specimen estimated ±400 years old is present in the Richtersveld National Park, fide G. Williamson in Aloe 37/4: 86, 2000). |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Tree, Shrub- Ht 1 - 9 m. Alt: 5 - 1850 m. Distribution: BOT, NAM, FS, GA, KN, LP, MP, NC, NW, SWZ |
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Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Bothalia 3: 235 (1937).
- Fl. Zambes. 1[1]: 234-235 (1960).
- Fl. S. Africa 13: 152-155 (1970).
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 89 (1986).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Namibia photo from Kyffhauser |
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| Record n°12672 |
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