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MYRICA L.
Mostly aromatic evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees with terminal buds. Leaves entire or coarsely toothed. Bracts subtending several ovaries or solitary, simple and 1-flowered; bracteoles present, often forming a small cup around the base of the ovary; ovary usually covered with persistent wax-secreting papillae. Fruit drupaceous. Worldwide: About 25 species in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar. Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
pilulifera (Rendle) Killick | S | Description, Image |
salicifolia (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Verdc. & Polhill subsp. kilimandscharica (Engl.) Verdc. & Polhill | N,C,S | Description, Image |
serrata (Lam.) Killick | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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