Inhambanella

{{Short description|Genus of trees}}

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|taxon = Inhambanella

|authority = (Engl.) Dubard

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|synonyms = *Mimusops sect. Inhambanella Engl.

• Kantou Aubrév. & Pellegr.

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Inhambanella is a group of trees in the Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1915.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031083 Tropicos, Inhambanella (Engl.) Dubard ]Dubard, Marcel Marie Maurice. 1915. Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 43

The genus is native to Africa.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=102545 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

;Species

• Inhambanella guereensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) T.D.Penn. - Ivory Coast, Liberia
• Inhambanella henriquesii (Engl. & Warb.) Dubard - Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal

;Formerly included

• Inhambanella natalensis (Schinz) Dubard, synonym of Vitellariopsis marginata (N.E.Br.) Aubrév.

The genus is named for Inhambane, a coastal town in Mozambique.[https://treesa.org/inhambanella-henriquesii/ Inhambanella henriquesii]. Tree SA. Retrieved 12 June 2024.