Derivation of specific name
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monoica: one-seeded
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cordia monoica Roxb. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148220
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Description
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Shrub or small, multi-stemmed tree. Leaves alternate, broadly obovate-oblong to almost circular, very rough on the upper surface, covered in soft rusty hairs below; margin entire or slightly toothed. Flowers white, cream or pale yellow in dense terminal heads; petals distinctly reflexed; calyces and stalks covered in yellowish hairs. Fruit fleshy, ovoid, orange-yellow when ripe, cupped in the persistent remains of the calyx.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cordia monoica Roxb. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148220
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- Mark Hyde
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- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common in suitable habitats
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cordia monoica Roxb. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148220
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Worldwide distribution
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Angola, Burundi, eastern DRC, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, South Africa as far as northern KwaZulu-Natal. Also in Arabia, Mauritius and Tropical Asia.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cordia monoica Roxb. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=148220
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Cordia monoica: Brief Summary
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Cordia monoica, the sandpaper saucer-berry, or snot berry, is a species of flowering tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, that is native to India, Sri Lanka and in African countries from Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Zimbabwe down to South Africa.
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