Author: |
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler, 1897 |
Family: |
ANACARDIACEAE |
Origin: |
Botswana, Central African Republic, Eswatini,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa,
Sudan, Tanzania,
Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe |
Soil: |
Gravel - Sandy |
Water: |
Medium - Maximum |
Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
Thickness: |
100 Centimetres |
Height: |
3 - 22 Metres |
Flower: |
Creamy White - Greenish - Yellow |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names: |
Bastard Marula, False Marula |
Synonyms: |
Odina schweinfurthii, Heinrich Gustav
Adolf Engler, 1883.
Lannea schweinfurthii var. acutifoliolata, Kokwaro.
Lannea schweinfurthii var. schweinfurthii
Lannea schweinfurthii var. stuhlmannii, Kokwaro.
Lannea schweinfurthii var. tomentosa, Kokwaro. |
This member of the
Anacardiaceae family
was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1897. It is found in
Botswana, Central African Republic, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique,
Rwanda, South Africa, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaire and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained
sandy soil or grit, with quite some water and some to lots of sun. The stem can grow
100 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant
from three to 22 metres in height. The flowers are from creamy white
over greenish to yellow..
The genera name from the Latin
Ilana, which refers to the woolly hairy surface of the young
leaves of the tree.
The species name after Georg August Schweinfurth, 1836 - 1926, a Russian
born, German botanist and ethnologist who explored East Central Africa. |