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Internal ID UUID64400d931770c339097690
Scientific name Boscia mossambicensis
Authority Klotzsch
First published in Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(1): 164 (1861)

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Boscia mossambicensis is a plant species belonging to the Capparaceae family and is found in East and southern Africa at lower elevations. Its range includes countries such as Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Boscia carsonii Baker Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 288 (1895)
Boscia elegans Gilg Ann. Bot. (Rome) 6: 90 (1906)
Boscia grandiflora Gilg Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 186 (1895)
Boscia gymnosporiifolia Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 18 (1918)
Boscia hildebrandtii Gilg Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas , C: 186 (1895)
Boscia holzii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 208 (1915)
Boscia pachyandra Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 30: 310 (1901)
Boscia uhligii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 207 (1915)
Boscia viridiflava Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 207 (1915)
Boscia zimmereri Gilg & H.J.P.Winkl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 207 (1915)
Boscia holtzii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 53: 208 (1915)

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Language Common/alternative name
English broad-leaved shepherd tree
Afrikaans breëblaarwitgat

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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Caprivi Strip
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000569542
Tropicos 5900530
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:146119-1
The Plant List kew-2680336
Open Tree Of Life 974964
NCBI Taxonomy 992653
IUCN Red List 146187846
IPNI 146119-1
iNaturalist 340326
GBIF 5602456
Wikipedia Boscia_mossambicensis

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Emergent trees in Colophospermum mopane woodland: influence of elephant density on persistence versus attrition O’Connor T, Ferguson A, Clegg BW, Pallett N, Midgley JJ, Shimbani J PeerJ 26-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10903334
doi:10.7717/peerj.16961
PMID:38426137
Field data on Vegetation Structure and Effects of Human Use of the Dambos Ecosystem in Northern Mozambique Mbanze AA, Mário AM, Rivaes R, Ribeiro-Barros AI, Ribeiro NS Data Brief 12-Sep-2019
PMCID:PMC6811917
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104454
PMID:31667226
Potential of Traditional Knowledge of Plants in the Management of Arthropods in Livestock Industry with Focus on (Acari) Ticks Wanzala W Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 17-Jul-2017
PMCID:PMC5536150
doi:10.1155/2017/8647919
PMID:28798806
Ethnobotanical survey in Canhane village, district of Massingir, Mozambique: medicinal plants and traditional knowledge Ribeiro A, Romeiras MM, Tavares J, Faria MT J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Dec-2010
PMCID:PMC3016261
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-6-33
PMID:21129187

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