''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
NATAL or Natal may refer to:
Places
* Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, a city in Brazil
* Natal, South Africa (disambiguation), a region in South Africa
** Natalia Republic, a former country (1839–1843)
** Colony of Natal, a former British colony ( ...
. 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
External links
''Cryptocarya woodii'' Green Planet
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Trees of Africa
Flora of Mozambique
Flora of Southern Africa
Garden plants of Africa
woodii
Taxa named by Adolf Engler