Cryptocarya woodii

Cryptocarya woodii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Cryptocarya
Species:
C. woodii
Binomial name
Cryptocarya woodii

Cryptocarya woodii, the Cape quince, is a shrub or small forest tree, native to southern and eastern Africa. Its Latin name commemorates John Medley Wood, a botanist in Natal. From mid summer the tree bears small, inconspicuous flowers.[2] The ripe fruit have a bumpy surface and are shiny, purple-black in colour. When a leaf is viewed against light some minute secretory glands are visible in the vein polygons (areolae).[3] The larvae of Papilio euphranor and Charaxes xiphares breed on the foliage of this tree.

References

  1. ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2020). "Cryptocarya woodii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T146448250A146448252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T146448250A146448252.en. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. ^ Mbambezeli, Giles, Cryptocarya woodii Engl.
  3. ^ Van Wyk, Braam; et al. (2007), How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa, Struik, p. 28, ISBN 978-1770072404

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