Unarmed shrubs or trees. Stipules free, caducous. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence a dichasial cyme. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5, united at base. Petals 5. Disk intrastaminal. Ovary superior, 2-3-locular. Fruit an indehiscent fleshy drupe. Seed 1, without an aril.
Derivation of name: from Greek: mystron meaning a spoon and xylon meaning wood, a translation of the vernacular name spoonwood
Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-23
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.(2023). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Mystroxylon. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=891, retrieved 30 September 2023
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