Parinari curatellifolia

Parinari curatellifolia

Taxonavigation edit

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: Parinari curatellifolia

Name edit

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

Synonyms edit

  • 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 edit

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

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Vernacular names edit

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


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