Distribution Map

Apodytes dimidiata

                   
                   
                           
White Pear
umdzakane
Umdzakane, Ngumnongwane
(Apodytes dimidiata subsp. dimidiata)

Metteniusaceae   

As at April 2024, 36 herbarium specimens, 11 photo records, 121 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula Mantenga Malolotja
Medicinal
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Apodytes dimidiata - (Umdzakane, Ngumnongwane) Erect evergreen tree up to 15 m high, variably hairy. Leaves alternate, entire, stalk up to 1,5 m long; blade oval or lance-shaped, blunt or somewhat pointed, up to 6 cm long X 3 cm wide, drying dark, midrib often appearing pale owing to persistent hairs. Inflorescence terminal, open, repeatedly branched, up to 12 cm long X 8 cm wide. Flowers bisexual; petals, sepals and stamens five; calyx minute, toothed; corolla oblong in bud, petals white; stamens attached to base of corolla; ovary one­chambered with two ovules; fruit fleshy, red, with one-sided bulge, often black, c 1 cm wide X 5 mm long.

* 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.