Diospyros batocana Hiern

Small specimen portion removed for phylogenomic analysis:
Temperate radiations and tropical dominance: the diversification and
evolution of the plant dade Ericales (NSF).
P. Soltis etal.	Jan. 2020
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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FLORA OF NORTHERN RHODESIA	I
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Name	búcVocawx, Hífcrtt	I
Det.	I
Loc. Livingstone Horth Forest	Map Ref. 1725 D4	I
Reserve Dambwa Station	I
S.P. Livingstone District.	Veg. Type K4/K7	I
Habítete. Small tree, dense, round crown, 9M dbh., 16» I
aigh. Bark rough, dark grey, Slash, OB, a very curious pale I
orown, like dried cow-manure, ± 1 cm. IB, pale buff-pink, I
granular 1 cm. Clusters of firs, on all but primary branches
a few only on secondary branches but all others comparatively
iensely covered. Fairl:r long flowering period, from early Ap-
ril till now, wfo&n there are jrast a few firs. left. Inner sui*
face of petals waxy white, outer surface cffivpred rusty brown i
lairs. Fli^^ith very strong, sweet scent which may be per- |
reived some distance from the tree in late afternoon.
In selectively cleared Baikiaea, Brachystegia spiciformi^ |
Julbemardia globiflora, Pterocarpus angolensis, Guibourtla
ioleosperma woodlan37" with ?seud~olachnostyli s maprouneifol ia,
3trych.nos pungens, C. cocculoides etc. on red Kalahari/
farroo mixture sand.
Coll. W. R. Bainbridge,	No. rjg q
Forest Dept.,	Alt. 3, 285 1
Ndola.	Date 25.5.19 63
HABIT & BARK PHOTOGRAPH
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