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| Family : CAPPARACEAE |
| Protologue : Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 1: 93 (1868) |
| Information on the genus : Boscia |
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Status
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Boscia powellii Sprague & M. L. Green (1913) |
| =Boscia stylosa Gilg & Gilg-Ben. (1915) |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Boscia salicifolia var. nivea A. Chev. (1938) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Deciduous tree, to 15 m, but often much less. |
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| Ecology : |
Drier types of woodland, or on termite-mounds in Brachystegia woodland (Fl. Zambes. area) – Deciduous woodland and bushland, bamboo thicket, grassland with scattered trees; 300-1800 m alt. (E Africa). Botswana. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
perennial-Tree- Ht 3 - 15 m.in states: BOT, NAM |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Exell, A. & Wild, H. (1960). Flora Zambesiaca: Mozambique, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Bechuanaland Protectorate. London Kew 1[1]: 233
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
Bibliography for Southern Africa :
- Food plants of Zimbabwe : 89 (1986).
- LEBRUN, J. P. & A. L. STORK (1991). Enumération des plantes à fleurs d’Afrique tropicale. Généralités et Anonaceae à Pandanaceae. Énum. Pl. Fleurs Afr. Trop. 1: 56
Bibliography for North Africa :
- BERHAUT, J. (1967). Flore du Sénégal (éd. 2).
- OZENDA, P. (1983). Flore et végétation du Sahara. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris.
- BARRY J. P. & J. C. CELLES (1991). Flore de Mauritanie. Institut supérieur scientifique de Nouakchott - Université de Nice. 1: 123
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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