6371.000 Synsepalum
AFROSERSALISIA A. Chev.
PACHYSTELA Pierre ex Engl.
Leistner, O.A. (2005) Seed plants of southern tropical Africa: families and genera SABONET Report No. 26 SABONET, Pretoria
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves spirally arranged, sometimes coriaceous; lateral nerves fairly conspicuous, distant, curving towards leaf apex; stipules may be present. Flowers 5-merous, fascicled or solitary, long-pedicellate or sessile, borne in axils of the current or fallen leaves, sometimes on branches, rarely on the stem. Calyx a single whorl of 5(6) free or partly united sepals. Corolla tube short, lobes 5(6) usually widely spreading, simple, longer to shorter than the tube. Fruit a 1-seeded berry. Seed ellipsoid. Worldwide: 20 species in tropical Africa Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| brevipes (Baker f.) T.D. Penn. | N,W | Description, Image |
| cerasiferum (Welw.) T.D. Penn. | N,W | |
| passargei (Engl.) T.D. Penn. | N,W |
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