6485.000 Faroa Welw.

Description of the genus

Annual or perennial herbs. Stems 4-angled to -winged. Flowers 4-merous, borne in axillary few-many-flowered fascicles. Calyx campanulate with 4 erect lobes. Corolla: tube with 4 semilunate fimbriate-papillose scales subtending the filaments; lobes 4, without nectaries. Stamens ± equal, all fertile. Ovary 1-locular; ovules numerous. Fruit a 2-valved obovoid capsule.

Worldwide: 17 species throughout tropical Africa.

Zambia: 12 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
acaulis R.E. Fr.	N,W,C	Cb,N,C
affinis De Wild.	N,W,E	Cb,Lp,E
alata P. Taylor [DD]	N	N
amara Gilg ex Baker	N,W	Cb,N,C	Description, Image
axillaris Baker	N,W	Cb,N
corniculata P. Taylor [VU]	N	W
duvigneaudii Lambinon	W,S	Nw
fanshawei P. Taylor	W	Cb
hutchinsonii P. Taylor	C	C
minutiflora P. Taylor [DD]	N	N
pusilla Baker	B,W,C	Cb,C,W
salutaris Welw.	B,N,W,C	Nw,Lp,Lk,S,W	Description, Image

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Faroa
Flora of Malawi: Faroa
Flora of Mozambique: Faroa
Flora of Zimbabwe: Faroa

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Faroa
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