6582.000 Holarrhena R. Br.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees with milky latex. Stipules intrapetiolar, often obscure or 0. Leaves opposite or subopposite. Inflorescences terminal and/or apparently axillary, cymose, many-flowered. Sepals free or connate at the very base. Corolla salver-shaped; tube cylindric; lobes overlapping to the right. Stamens inserted at base of corolla tube; anthers not caudate, fertile to the base. Ovary with 2 carpels. Fruit composed of 2 long, slender, follicles. Seeds numerous, linear, striate, grooved, glabrous, without a beak; apex with a dense tuft of hairs.

Worldwide: 4 species in tropical Africa and Indomalesia

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
pubescens (Buch. - Ham.) Wall. ex G. Don	N,Z,T,MS,GI	Description, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Holarrhena

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Holarrhena
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