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Dioecious climbing shrubs or lianes. Leaves entire or crenate. Inflorescences of racemes or umbels; peduncles present. Flowers unisexual, 4-5-merous. Sepals free or ± free, with resin-dots. Petals free inner surface papillose. Anthers borne on long filaments. Ovary superior. Fruit a spherical 1-seeded drupe. Seed solitary, depressed-spherical with ruminate endosperm. Worldwide: c. 100 species in warm and tropical regions of the Old World Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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Species | FZ divisions | Provinces | Content |
schimperi Vatke | B,N,W,C | Cb,N,Lk,W | Description, Image |
upembensis Taton[VU] | N | N,C | |
xylocarpa P. Halliday | Description, Image |
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