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Dune Bastard Currant

Allophylus natalensis

Also called Dune False Crowberry, Dune False Currant

Dune Bastard Currant
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. Mozambique to E. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Allophylus natalensis, commonly known as the dune false crowberry or dune false currant, is a species of plant in the genus Allophylus native to south-eastern Africa.

Where it grows

This tree is native to the Eastern Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa and to southern Mozambique. Its natural habitat is coastal dune forest and scrub, where it often grows in association with Mimusops afra, Apodytes dimidiata and Canthium obovatum.

Other Allophylus plants

Allophylus agbala · Allophylus aldabricus · Allophylus bullatus · Allophylus chartaceus · Allophylus chirindensis · Allophylus cobbe · Allophylus cominia · Allophylus concanicus · False Currant · Allophylus dodsonii · Cocum · Allophylus marquesensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Allophylus natalensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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