| Drypetes gerrardii | |
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| At Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Putranjivaceae |
| Genus: | Drypetes |
| Species: | D. gerrardii
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| Binomial name | |
| Drypetes gerrardii | |
Drypetes gerrardii is a species of small tree or large shrub in the family Putranjivaceae. Common names include forest ironplum, bastard white ironwood, and forest ironwood.[2] It is native to tropical and subtropical central and eastern Africa. It was first described in 1920 by the English botanist John Hutchinson,[3] who named it after the English botanist William Tyrer Gerrard who collected plants and seeds in southern Africa in the 1860s.[4]
- ^ Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2020). "Drypetes gerrardii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T146310761A146440131. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T146310761A146440131.en. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Archer, R.H.; Victor, J.E. (2005). "Forest ironplum". Red List of South African Plants. SANBI. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Drypetes gerrardii (Müll.Arg.) Hutch. in W.H.Harvey & O.W.Sonder, Fl. Cap. 5(2): 405 (1920)". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Plant List. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ "Drypetes gerrardii Hutch. var. gerrardii". Flora of Malawi. Retrieved 20 October 2019.