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4626.000 Maytenus
Description of the genus
Unarmed trees or shrubs. Stipules free, small, caducous or 0. Leaves alternate. Flowers in cymes, bisexual. Sepals 5(-6). Petals 5(-6), white, cream to greenish-yellow. Disk intrastaminal, single, convex to shallowly concave, entire or shallowly (4-)5-10(-12)-lobed or angled. Ovary superior. Stigma 2-3(-4)-branched. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, without outgrowths. Seeds 1-6(-8), glossy, red-brown, ± surrounded by a yellow, or more rarely a white or purple, aril. Derivation of name: from a Chilean name for the type species Maytenus boaria Malawi: 3 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acuminata (L.f.) Loes. var. acuminata | N,S | |
| acuminata (L.f.) Loes. var. uva-ursi Brenan[End] | S | |
| undata (Thunb.) Blakelock | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Botswana: MaytenusFlora of Caprivi: cultivated Maytenus
Flora of Mozambique: Maytenus
Flora of Zambia: Maytenus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Maytenus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MaytenusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Maytenus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Maytenus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Maytenus
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iNaturalist: Maytenus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Maytenus
JSTOR Plant Science: Maytenus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Maytenus
Plants of the World Online: Maytenus
Tropicos: Maytenus
Wikipedia: Maytenus
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