5284.010 Xylotheca Hochst.

Description of the genus

Unarmed shrubs. Sepals caducous. Leaves entire. Flowers solitary, male or bisexual, large and showy. Sepals 3-4. Petals free, white, 7-12, more numerous than the sepals. Stamens numerous. Ovary sessile, 1-locular. Fruit a woody capsule; valves 8, thick.

Worldwide: 3 species in E and SE Africa

Malawi: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
tettensis (Klotzsch) Gilg var. macrophylla (Klotzsch) Wild	S	Description, Image
tettensis (Klotzsch) Gilg var. tettensis	N,S

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Flora of Mozambique: Xylotheca
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Xylotheca
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Xylotheca
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