''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
''Papilio euphranor'', the forest swallowtail or bush kite, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in southern Africa.
The wingspan is 80–100 mm in males and 90–110 mm in females. It has two flight periods from J ...
'' and ''
Charaxes xiphares
''Charaxes xiphares'', the forest king emperor or forest king charaxes, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is native to Afromontane forest in the eastern and southern Afrotropical realm.
Description
The wingspan is 65–80 mm fo ...
'' 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
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