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6310.000 Embelia
Description of the genus
Dioecious climbing shrubs or lianes. Leaves entire or crenate. Inflorescences of racemes or umbels; peduncles present. Flowers unisexual, 4-5-merous. Sepals free or ± free, with resin-dots. Petals free inner surface papillose. Anthers borne on long filaments. Ovary superior. Fruit a spherical 1-seeded drupe. Seed solitary, depressed-spherical with ruminate endosperm. Worldwide: c. 100 species in warm and tropical regions of the Old World Mozambique: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| ruminata (E. Mey. ex A. DC.) Mez | M | |
| schimperi Vatke | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| xylocarpa P. Halliday | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Embelia:
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Flora of Burundi: EmbeliaFlora of Caprivi: Embelia
Flora of Malawi: Embelia
Flora of Zambia: Embelia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Embelia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Embelia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): EmbeliaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Embelia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Embelia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Embelia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Embelia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Embelia
JSTOR Plant Science: Embelia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Embelia
Plants of the World Online: Embelia
Tropicos: Embelia
Wikipedia: Embelia
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