Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: BrassicalesCaricaceae
- Pawpaw family
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Kupicha, F.K. (1978) Caricaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Description of the family
Dioecious or monoecious soft-wooded small trees with milky latex. Trunks resembling palms. Leaves palmately-lobed, borne in a terminal crown. Petals and calyx 5-lobed. Stamens 10. Ovary superior, 1-locular. Fruit a berry. Worldwide: 4 genera and 33 genera in tropical and warm America and tropical Africa Zambia: 1 cultivated genus and 1 cultivated taxon. |
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