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Ozoroa engleri inflorescence

Ozoroa engleri inflorescence
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  • Ormocarpum trichocarpum showing stem
  • Ozoroa dispar
  • Ozoroa dispar fruit
  • Ozoroa dispar leaves
  • Ozoroa dispar stem-tip
  • Ozoroa dispar stem-tips
  • Ozoroa dispar upper stems
  • Ozoroa engleri
  • Ozoroa engleri inflorescence
  • Ozoroa paniculosa
  • Ozoroa paniculosa leaves
  • Pappea capensis
  • Pappea capensis branch
  • Pappea capensis fruit
  • Pappea capensis leaves
  • Pappea capensis lower leaf surfaces
  • Pappea capensis trunk

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The fragrant, white flowers of Ozoroa engleri grow in stem-tip and upper leaf axil sprays. The small flowers are cream-coloured, about about 2,5 mm long. Ozoroa is a Greek word meaning odoriferous. Flowering happens from before midspring to summer. Bees are attracted to the flowers.

The kidney-shaped or bean-shaped to rounded fruit of O. engleri is a thinly fleshy drupe. The fruit grow in clusters on sometimes reddish stalks. Initially coloured pale green with a few red-brown spots, the fruit becomes black and wrinkled as it ripens. Fruit dimensions are about 10 mm long and 5 mm wide.

These resinous fruits are ground up by some traditional populations for use in dressing hair (Coates Palgrave, 2002; Schmidt, et al, 2002; Van Wyk and Van Wyk, 1997; Pooley, 1993; iNaturalist).

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Ivan Latti
 
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