Anacardiaceae
Ozoroa
Ozoroa obovata

Ozoroa obovata var. gomesiana (R.Fern. & A.Fern.) R.Fern. & A.Fern.

First published in Fl. Moçamb. 54: 31 (1969)
This variety is accepted
The native range of this variety is S. Mozambique. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Anacardiaceae, Rosette Fernandes and A. Fernandes. Flora Zambesiaca 2:2. 1966

Morphology General Habit
Shrub; branches cylindric, densely patent-hairy in the upper part, glabrescent to glabrous below.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate or opposite to 3-verticillate; petiole 6–7 mm. long, broadly canaliculate above, convex on the back, densely patent-hairy; lamina dark green above, whitish-sericeous to brownish beneath, 2·3–6 × 1·2–2·5 cm., obovate, roundish, obtuse or subacute at the apex, margin very conspicuously ciliate and revolute, cuneate at the base; indumentum of both surfaces double, consisting of a lower layer of short appressed hairs and another of long rather sparse patent ones; midrib impressed above, raised and patent-hairy beneath; lateral nerves somewhat arcuate, usually forked not far from the margin, impressed above, raised and spreading-hairy below, 1·5–3 (4·5) mm. apart; reticulation not visible.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers white (immature).
[FZ]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/120942095/120980153

Conservation
VU - vulnerable
[IUCN]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0