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6368.000 Sideroxylon
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees. Stipules 0. Leaf surface with characteristic fine tertiary venation. Flowers in fascicles amongst the leaves and on older wood. Calyx of 5 sepals. Corolla of 5 unlobed petals. Staminodes large, petaloid. Fruit a 1-seeded berry; style persistent. Seed subspherical, faintly 5-ribbed with small subcircular basal scar. Worldwide: 75 species in the tropics Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| inerme L. subsp. diospyroides (Baker) J.H. Hemsl. | N,Z,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| inerme L. subsp. inerme | GI,M |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: SideroxylonExternal websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SideroxylonBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sideroxylon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sideroxylon
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sideroxylon
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iNaturalist: Sideroxylon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sideroxylon
JSTOR Plant Science: Sideroxylon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sideroxylon
Plants of the World Online: Sideroxylon
Tropicos: Sideroxylon
Wikipedia: Sideroxylon
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