Fruit - Specimen details

Fruit - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 72248

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Plant Name 151.01 EUPHORBIACEAE Schinziophyton rautanenii Entry Book Number 64.1992
Artefact Name Fruit Vernacular Name
Iso Country Botswana TDWG Region Botswana
Parts Held Fruit Geography Description Botswana, Chobe District, Nata-Kasane road
Uses FruitUse: User: Man TDWG use
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Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Cook FEM, Terry J, Sydes CL Collector No 36
Collection Notes Collection Date 05/05/1990
Exhibition Expedition
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Notes: Label source: 19km down left hand forestry track 172km from Nata along Nata-Kasane road. Dioecious, deciduous tree to 13.5m. Bark smooth to flaking, yellowish to papery beneath flakes. Wood very light. In deep sand in woodland. Other species present;, Pterocarpus angolensis, Erythrophleum, Baikaea plurijuga trees, Bauhinia petersiana, Combretum shrubs and andropogonoid grasses and Digitaria. Can occur scattered within the woodland but also can form groves (eg at 25km from the main road). Elephants ve, ry fond of this fruit, seeds frequently found in elephant dung and many trees have been pushed over. Literature reports this to be an important food plant of the Bushmen - both fruit and seeds. Vouchers Kew and Botswana, specimens taken from regrowth as, large trees had already lost their leaves. Seeds, fruits and wood sample for Economic Botany collections, Kew, and small seed collection for Wakehurst Place seed bank for experiments into drying ability. Photos FC AU 180-183.

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