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Trees, shrubs or suffrutices, with the young parts and inflorescences stellately tomentose. Milky latex intermittently present in a few species. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate or 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate (and thus appearing simple), entire. Panicles terminal or axillary, ± branched and pyramidal or spike-like. Male flowers: calyx 4-partite; petals 4; stamens 8. Female flowers: calyx and petals similar to males; staminodes present; ovary 4-locular; styles 3-4. Drupe obovoid or ovoid. Derivation of name: derived from Latin = wool; the young parts are densely hairy. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa and Indomalesia. Malawi: 6 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
discolor (Sond.) Engl. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
edulis (Sond.) Engl. var. edulis | C,S | Description, Image |
schimperi (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Engl. | S | |
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var. stuhlmannii (Engl.) Kokwaro | S | Description, Image |
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var. tomentosa (Dunkley) Kokwaro | C,S | Description, Image |
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl.[Agg] | Description, Image |
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