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Aphloia theiformis (Albino-berry, Mountain peach)

Bergperske [Afrikaans]; Lekhutswane [North Sotho]; Mufhefhera [Venda]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Crossosomatales > Family: Aphloiaceae

Distribution includes East Africa, southern Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarenes and Seychelles, although there may be more than one species under this name. In southern Africa it has a scattered distribution in Afromontane forest of Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal.

Aphloia theiformis (Albino-berry, Mountain peach)
Aphloia theiformis (Albino-berry, Mountain peach)

Aphloia theiformis, Ndundu Lodge, Vumba, Zimbabwe. [photos Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe]

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