Cryptocarya_woodii

<i>Cryptocarya woodii</i>

Cryptocarya woodii

Species of tree

Cryptocarya woodii, the Cape quince, is a shrub or small forest tree, native to southern and eastern Africa. Its Latin name commemorates John Medley Wood, a botanist in Natal. From mid summer the tree bears small, inconspicuous flowers.[2] The ripe fruit have a bumpy surface and are shiny, purple-black in colour. When a leaf is viewed against light some minute secretory glands are visible in the vein polygons (areolae).[3] The larvae of Papilio euphranor and Charaxes xiphares breed on the foliage of this tree.

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References

  1. [1]
    Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2020). "Cryptocarya woodii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T146448250A146448252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T146448250A146448252.en. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. [2]
    Mbambezeli, Giles, Cryptocarya woodii Engl.
  3. [3]
    Van Wyk, Braam; et al. (2007), How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa, Struik, p. 28, ISBN 978-1770072404

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