Derivation of specific name
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discoidea: disc-like;
nitida: glossy, shining
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L. Webster
var. nitida (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134450
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
discoidea: disc-like;
nitida: glossy, shining
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L. Webster
var. nitida (odd growth form) (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=185880
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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Very variable shrub or tree (see note below). Leaves thinly textured, bright green, ovate, elliptic to obovate, often very small but as large as 10 to 13 cm in forest specimens. Flowers green, unisexual, sexes on different trees. Male flowers numerous in axillary clusters; female flowers in axillary pairs. Fruit a 3-lobed capsule, pale green when ripe.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L. Webster
var. nitida (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134450
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
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See General species page for description details.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L. Webster
var. nitida (odd growth form) (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=185880
- author
- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L. Webster
var. nitida (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134450
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Locally frequent
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L. Webster
var. nitida (odd growth form) (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=185880
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Throughout tropical Africa to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Margaritaria discoidea (Baill.) G.L. Webster
var. nitida (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=134450
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
