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Trees and shrubs. Stipules 0 or soon caducous. Leaves not clustered at ends of branches. Flowers borne in axils of current leaves, pedicellate. Sepals 8, in two slightly dissimilar whorls of 4. Corolla of 8 deeply 3-lobed petals, joined in a short tube at the base. Stamens 8, anthers relatively large (2.5 mm or more). Fruit a 1-several-seeded berry with persistent basal calyx. Worldwide: 20-30 species, centered in tropical Africa but extending to tropical Asia Malawi: 4 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
aedificatoria Mildbr. | S | |
kummel A. DC. | N | |
obtusifolia Lam. | S | Description, Image |
zeyheri Sond. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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