Cryptocarya transvaalensis
Mountain Wild-quince
mkhonwana
umncabe
(Cryptocarya liebertiana)
Lauraceae
As at April 2024, 8 herbarium specimens, 17 visual observations
South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Medicinal
Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Cryptocarya liebertiana - Tall tree. Leaves alternate, short-stalked, blade entire but usually with wavy edge, lance-shaped, very finely net-veined, paler below, c 7 cm long x 3 cm wide. Ovary stalkless, central. Style cylindrical, short. Fruit spherical or oval enclosed in enlarged hardened somewhat fleshy receptacle.
* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.
Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.
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