Cordia goetzei Gürke

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Along road nr 3 near junction road nr 1, Gorongosa National Park

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Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park

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Road 11, Gorongosa National Park

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Road between gates, Gorongosa National Park

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Pande, Inhassoro District

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Synonyms:
Common names:	Grey-bark saucer-berry (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Scrambling shrub or small tree. Stems and branches distinctly angled and fluted; bark smooth, blue-grey with large parts peeling off to reveal dove-grey underbark; young trees smooth, greenish-grey. Leaves broadly elliptic to obovate, 5-12 cm long, hairless when mature, midrib and petiole grooved; base often asymmetric; margin entire. Flowers in terminal or axillary heads, white to creamy-yellow, funnel-shaped, c. 6 mm in diameter. Fruit ovoid-conical with a sharp point, 1.5 cm long, cupped in the toothed calyx, orange when ripe.
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	goetzei: after Walter Goetze (1872-1899), German naturalist, explorer, photographer and collector of botanical and zoological specimens in Tanzania.
Habitat:	In riverine fringes, woodland, thickets, usually near water courses.
Altitude range:
Flowering time:	Sep - Dec
Worldwide distribution:	South Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Malawi distribution:	N,C,S
Growth form(s):	Tree.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated:	Friday 11 March 2016
Literature:	Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 823. (Includes a picture). Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 271. Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 30. Martins, E.S. (1990). Boraginaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(4) Pages 62 - 64. (Includes a picture).

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