Trees, shrubs, suffrutices or herbaceous perennials, with milky latex. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple, hairy; lateral nerves numerous, parallel and usually undivided almost to the thickened margin. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, unisexual, 5-merous. Male flowers: calyx 5-partite. Female flowers: perianth like the male; staminodes small; ovary spherical, 1-locular; styles 3; stigmas capitate. Fruit usually reniform, black, shiny, fleshy. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa Zambia: 15 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bredoi R.Fern. & A.Fern. [DD] | ||
| homblei (De Wild.) R.Fern. & A.Fern. | W | Description, Image |
| kassneri (Engl. & Brehmer) R.Fern. & A.Fern. var. kassneri [NrEnd] | N,C | Image |
| kassneri (Engl. & Brehmer) R.Fern. & A.Fern. var. rhodesica R.Fern. & A.Fern. [LR-lc] | ||
| longipes (Engl. & Gilg) R. Fern. & A. Fern. [LR-nt] | B | Description, Image |
| macrophylla R.Fern. & A.Fern. | ||
| marginata (Van der Veken) R.Fern. & A.Fern. | ||
| nigricans (Van der Veken) R.Fern. & A.Fern. var. nigricans [NrEnd] | S | |
| nitida (Engl. & Brehmer) R. Fern. & A. Fern. [End?] | B,W,S | Description, Image |
| pwetoensis (Van der Veken) R. Fern. & A. Fern. var. angustifolia R. Fern. & A. Fern. | ||
| pwetoensis (Van der Veken) R.Fern. & A.Fern. var. nitidula R.Fern. & A.Fern. | ||
| pwetoensis (Van der Veken) R.Fern. & A.Fern. var. pwetoensis | N | Description, Image |
| reticulata (Baker f.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. | B,C,S | Description, Image |
| stenophylla (Engl. & Gilg) R.Fern. & A.Fern. | ||
| viridis R.Fern. & A.Fern. [DD] |