| Cryptocarya woodii | |
|---|---|
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Cryptocarya |
| Species: | C. woodii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptocarya woodii Engl. | |
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. 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). The larvae of Papilio euphranor and Charaxes xiphares breed on the foliage of this tree.
References
- 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.
- Mbambezeli, Giles, Cryptocarya woodii Engl.
- Van Wyk, Braam; et al. (2007), How to Identify Trees in Southern Africa, Struik, p. 28, ISBN 978-1770072404
External links
- Cryptocarya woodii, Green Planet
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