Uapaca kirkiana var. kirkiana

Uapaca kirkiana var. kirkiana

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: Phyllanthaceae
Subfamilia: Antidesmatoideae
Tribus: Uapaceae
Genus: Uapaca
Species: Uapaca kirkiana
Varietas:

Name

Uapaca kirkiana Mull.Arg., 1864

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Uapaca albida De Wild. in Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B 53: 57 (1933)
    • Uapaca goetzei Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 418 (1900)
    • Uapaca greenwayi Suess. in Trans. Rhodesia Sci. Assoc. 43: 85 (1951)
    • Uapaca homblei De Wild. in Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles 45: 309 (1926)
    • Uapaca kirkiana var. goetzei Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 370 (1904)
    • Uapaca kirkiana var. sessilifolia P.A.Duvign. in Bull. Inst. Roy. Colon. Belge 20: 891 (1949)
    • Uapaca neomasuku De Wild. in Ann. Soc. Sci. Bruxelles, Sér. B 52: 207 (1932)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Africa
    • Regional:Western Africa
      • Angola
    • Regional:Central Africa
      • Burundi, DR Congo, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
    • Regional:Eastern Africa
      • Mozambique, Tanzania

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

References

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Vernacular names

  • Bemba: Musuku
  • English: Mahobohobo, Sugar plum, Wild loquat, Masuku (trade name)
  • Silozi: Musuku, Chilundu, Muhaka
  • North Ndebele: Umhobohobo, Muzanje
  • Chi-Chewa: Mkusu, Mpotopoto (Nyanja), Msuku (Nyanja)
  • chiShona: Mazhanje (fruit), Muzhanje (fruit), Mushuku, Mutongoro, Umhobohobo
  • Kiswahili: Nkusu, Mkusu