Parinari curatellifolia

Parinari curatellifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Chrysobalanaceae
Genus: Parinari
Species:

Name

Parinari curatellifolia Planch. ex Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 333 (1849).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Ferolia curatellifolia (Planch. ex Benth.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 216 (1891).
  • Heterotypic
    • Parinari chapelieri Baill., Adansonia 9: 148 (1864).
    • Parinari mobola Oliv. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 368 (1871).
    • Ferolia mobola (Oliv.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 216 (1891).
    • Irvingia mossambicensis Sim, Forest Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 25 (1909).
    • Parinari gardineri Hemsl., J. Bot. 54(Suppl. 2): 13 (1916).
    • Parinari curatellifolia subsp. mobola (Oliv.) R.A.Graham, Kew Bull. 12: 229 (1957).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern Africa
      • Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Rwanda, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Caprivi Strip, Namibia, South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga), Swaziland, Madagascar

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

  • Afrikaans: Grysappel, Bosappel
  • English: Mobola-plum, Cork tree, Hissing tree
  • Sesotho sa Leboa: Mmola
  • Setswana: Mobola
  • Xitsonga: Mbulwa
  • Tshivenda: Muvhula
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