4875.000 Rhamnus L.

Description of the genus

Unarmed small trees or shrubs. Stipules small, soon deciduous. Leaves alternate or fasciculate, petiolate. Lamina with nerves arranged pinnately. Flowers in an axillary fascicle or solitary. Flowers usually bisexual. Sepals 4-5. Petals 4-5 or 0. Stamens 4-5. Ovary superior, 2-4-locular. Fruit an obovoid fleshy drupe.

Worldwide: 125 species occurring in the northern hemisphere to Brazil and southern Africa

Zambia: 1 taxon.

Rhamnus prinoides

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
prinoides L'Hér.N,W,C,EN,Mc,CDescription, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Rhamnus
Flora of Burundi: Rhamnus
Flora of Malawi: Rhamnus
Flora of Mozambique: Rhamnus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Rhamnus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Rhamnus
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JSTOR Plant Science: Rhamnus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rhamnus
Plants of the World Online: Rhamnus
Tropicos: Rhamnus
Wikipedia: Rhamnus

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Rhamnus.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=921, retrieved 3 November 2024

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