Branch, note the thorns; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer
Fruit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer
Fruits in cross section; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 11/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2239 Date of entry: 26.05.2014 Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Malpighiales (120)
Family: Salicaceae (11)(family description)
Genus: Dovyalis (1)
Epithet: zenkeri Gilg (1)
zenkeri => in honor of Georg August Zenker (1855-1922), German gardener, botanist and zoologist
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub, arborescent
Flower colour: green, white
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