| White pear |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Plantae |
| Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
| Clade: |
Angiosperms |
| Clade: |
Eudicots |
| Clade: |
Asterids |
| Order: |
Metteniusales |
| Family: |
Metteniusaceae |
| Genus: |
Apodytes |
| Species: |
A. dimidiata |
| Binomial name |
Apodytes dimidiata
E.Mey. ex Arn. |
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| Synonyms |
- Apodytes acutifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Apodytes beddomei Mast.
- Apodytes benthamiana Wight
- Apodytes bequaertii De Wild.
- Apodytes cambodiana Pierre
- Apodytes curtisii Dyer ex King
- Apodytes dimidiata subsp. acutifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Cufod.
- Apodytes dimidiata var. acutifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Boutique
- Apodytes dimidiata var. emirnensis (Baker) H.Perrier
- Apodytes dimidiata f. farinosa H.Perrier
- Apodytes dimidiata var. hazomaitso (Danguy) H.Perrier
- Apodytes dimidiata var. ikongoensis H.Perrier
- Apodytes dimidiata var. inversa (Baill.) H.Perrier
- Apodytes dimidiata f. microphylla H.Perrier
- Apodytes emirnensis Baker
- Apodytes frappieri Cordem.
- Apodytes gardneriana Miers
- Apodytes giung A.Chev.
- Apodytes hazomaitso Danguy
- Apodytes imerinensis Baker
- Apodytes inversa Baill.
- Apodytes javanica Koord. & Valeton
- Apodytes mauritiana (Miers) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Apodytes mauritiana Benth. & Hook. f.
- Apodytes stuhlmannii Engl.
- Apodytes tonkinensis Gagnep.
- Apodytes yunnanensis Hu
- Hemilobium ficifolium Welw.
- Icacina mauritiana Miers
- Mappia philippinensis Merr.
- Neoleretia philippinensis (Merr.) Baehni
- Nothapodytes philippinensis (Merr.) Sleumer
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Apodytes dimidiata (white pear or umDakane) is a bushy tree with white flowers bearing a fragrance reminiscent of fresh coconut, and small black and red fruits. It is usually about 5 m tall (but reaches a height of 20 m when growing in deep forest), and it is indigenous to Southern Africa. The taxonomical family placement for this and other Apodytes was uncertain; it is now placed in the Metteniusaceae. Its English common name is in reference to the timber which is similar in appearance to that of the European pear tree of the northern hemisphere.