Genus: Cryptocarya Life
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About 350 species worldwide (pantropical, mainly
Indo-Malayan), with seven species native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Cryptocarya angustifolia
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Cryptocarya latifolia
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Cryptocarya liebertiana
(Tropical wild-quince, Wild quince) Native distribution
includes Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa
(KwaZulu-Natal). |
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Cryptocarya myrtifolia |
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Cryptocarya transvaalensis
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Cryptocarya woodii (Cape
quince) |
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Cryptocarya wyliei (Red quince) Native distribution
includes the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. |
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