4368.000 Erythrococca Benth.

Description of the genus

Dioecious shrubs with simple hairs, without milky latex. Buds bearing persistent protective scales. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, gland-toothed. Male flowers: calyx closed in bud, splitting later into 3-4 valvate lobes; petals 0. Female flowers: calyx 2-4-partite; petals 0; ovary 2-3-locular. Fruit of 1-3 dehiscent cocci. Seeds subspherical bearing a scarlet aril.

Worldwide: 50 species in tropical and South Africa and southern Arabia.

Malawi: 5 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
menyharthii (Pax) Prain		Description, Image
trichogyne (Müll. Arg.) Prain var. trichogyne	C	Description, Image
trichogyne (Müll.Arg.) Prain var. psilogyne Radcl.-Sm. [NrEnd]	N	Description
ulugurensis Radcl.-Sm.	C
zambesiaca Prain[NrEnd]	S

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