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Trees and shrubs. Leaves opposite and decussate, simple, coriaceous. Domatia 0. Flowers small, in paniculate cymes. Calyx (in ours) cup-shaped, subentire with a 4-toothed rim. Corolla with short tube, lobes not hooded. Fruit a usually 1-seeded drupe. Worldwide: 30 species occurring in the tropics and warm temperate zones of the Old World Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
capensis L. subsp. macrocarpa (C.H. Wright) I. Verd. | ||
europaea L. subsp. cuspidata (Wall ex G. Don) Cif. | N | Description, Image |
welwitschii (Knobl. ) Gilg & Schellenb. | N |
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