5859.000 Polyscias J.R. Forst. & G. Forst.

Description of the genus

Tree. Leaves 1-pinnate (imparipinnate); leaflets entire. Inflorescence a panicle, composed of racemes arranged in a raceme. Calyx a shallow cup. Petals and stamens 5. Styles 2.

Worldwide: 150 species in the tropics of the Old World, especially in New Caledonia

Mozambique: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
albersiana Harms	N
fruticosa (L.) Harms
fulva (Hiern) Harms	N,Z,MS	Description, Image
guilfoylei (W. Bull) L.H. Bailey

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Polyscias

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Wikipedia: Polyscias

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Polyscias.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1031, retrieved 21 November 2024

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