Caloncoba Gilg

Description of the genus

Unarmed trees or shrubs. Stipules caducous. Leaves hairless or hairy, sometimes glandular-punctate. Flowers often large, up to 10 cm in diameter, borne in axillary fascicles or solitary, in some species appearing on the old or second year wood, male or bisexual. Sepals 3, concave. Petals 8-12, larger than the sepals. Stamens many. Ovary 1-locular with 5-8 multiovulate placentas. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, splitting into 5-8 valves; spiny or unarmed.

Worldwide: 10 species in tropical Africa.

Malawi: 1 taxon.

Caloncoba welwitschii

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Flora of Mozambique: Caloncoba
Flora of Zambia: Caloncoba

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Caloncoba
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Caloncoba
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Caloncoba
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Caloncoba
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iNaturalist: Caloncoba
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Caloncoba
JSTOR Plant Science: Caloncoba
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Caloncoba
Plants of the World Online: Caloncoba
Tropicos: Caloncoba
Wikipedia: Caloncoba

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Caloncoba.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2633, retrieved 19 April 2024

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