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This species is accepted, and its native range is S. Mozambique.
A specimen from Kew's Herbarium

[FZ]

Anacardiaceae, Rosette Fernandes and A. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 2:2. 1966

Morphology General Habit
Shrub; branches cylindric, densely patent-hairy in the upper part, glabrescent to glabrous below.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate or opposite to 3-verticillate; petiole 6–7 mm. long, broadly canaliculate above, convex on the back, densely patent-hairy; lamina dark green above, whitish-sericeous to brownish beneath, 2·3–6 × 1·2–2·5 cm., obovate, roundish, obtuse or subacute at the apex, margin very conspicuously ciliate and revolute, cuneate at the base; indumentum of both surfaces double, consisting of a lower layer of short appressed hairs and another of long rather sparse patent ones; midrib impressed above, raised and patent-hairy beneath; lateral nerves somewhat arcuate, usually forked not far from the margin, impressed above, raised and spreading-hairy below, 1·5–3 (4·5) mm. apart; reticulation not visible.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white (immature).

Native to:

Mozambique

Ozoroa gomesiana R.Fern. & A.Fern. appears in other Kew resources:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status
Dec 1, 1998 Gomes e Sousa, A.F. [2223], Mozambique K000423204 isotype

First published in Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 38: 155 (1965)

Accepted by

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1966). Flora Zambesiaca 2(2): 353-653. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora Zambesiaca
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
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