Harpephyllum
{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
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| image = Harpephyllum caffrum00.jpg
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author1=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |year=2019 |title=Harpephyllum caffrum |volume=2019 |page=e.T149505280A149505282 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T149505280A149505282.en |access-date=23 July 2024}}
| display_parents = 2
| genus = Harpephyllum
| parent_authority = Bernh. ex C.Krauss
| species = afrum
| authority = Bernh. ex C.Krauss
| synonyms = *Tapirira afra (Bernh. ex C.Krauss) Marchand
- Harpephyllum serratum Sond. ex Walp.
- Odina afra Hook. ex Marchand
- Spondias falcata Meisn.
- Harpephyllum caffrum
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Harpephyllum is a genus of trees in the family Anacardiaceae (the cashew and mango family). The sole species is Harpephyllum afrum,{{cite journal |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02365-x | doi=10.1038/d41586-024-02365-x | title=Hundreds of racist plant names will change after historic vote by botanists | date=2024 | last1=Callaway | first1=Ewen | journal=Nature | pmid=39026072 | url-access=subscription | access-date=8 August 2024 | archive-date=8 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808163208/https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02365-x | url-status=live }} a dioecious evergreen species from South Africa and Mozambique that is also cultivated.{{cite book|author=Kubitzki, Klaus|title=Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Sapindales, Cucurbitales, Myrtaceae|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_hHvYeQYTTEC&pg=PA41|access-date=27 July 2013|year= 2010|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-642-14397-7|pages=41}}{{GRIN | Harpephyllum caffrum | 18256 | accessdate = 27 July 2013}} The fruit is edible.
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- {{Commons category-inline|Harpephyllum}}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/plants/anacardiaceae/harpephyllum_caffrum.htm |title=Biodiversity Explorer |access-date=15 September 2013 |archive-date=16 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116000000/http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/plants/anacardiaceae/harpephyllum_caffrum.htm |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite web |url=http://www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/harpephylcaf.htm |title=PlantZAfrica.com |access-date=15 September 2013 |archive-date=16 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016114840/http://www.plantzafrica.com/planthij/harpephylcaf.htm |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Fruits originating in Africa
Category:Trees of South Africa
Category:Monotypic Sapindales genera
Category:Plants described in 1844
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