Photographs by Homer L. Shantz

from the Smithsonian African Expedition, 1919-1920

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Detail of leaf and flower

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Detail of leaf and flower Oct 25, 1919 Mozambique

Annona like shrub, with 4 parietal placentae.... A pretty white flower. Oncoba petersiana. Detail of Annona like shrub, 2/3 natural size. [Shantz travel journal, Oct. 21-27, 1919]

The Annona like shrub is Oncoba petersiana. [Shantz travel journal, Oct. 31, 1919, corrections of notes]

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