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Dioecious trees or shrubs. Leaves simple. Inflorescence an axillary raceme-like thyrse. Sepals 5, connate. Petals (4-)5(-6), each with 2 hairy scales at base. Stamens 8-10. Ovary 3-locular; loculi 1-ovulate. Fruit a 1(-3)-coccous capsule, not winged. Seed with a fleshy lobed arillode. Worldwide: Probably only a single, highly variable species in eastern and southern Africa (Vollesen, 1989) Malawi: 1 taxon. |
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capensis Eckl. & Zeyh. | C,S | Description, Image |
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