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7192.010 Karomia
HOLMSKIOLDIA Retz.
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs, unarmed or with woody spines. Leaves opposite, simple, entire, dentate or lobed. Calyx often coloured; limb rotate, 5-lobed, very accrescent and becoming papery with raised reticulation in fruit. Corolla strongly zygomorphic, appearing 1-lipped, the lip 5-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous, long-exserted. Ovary hairy. Fruit dry, hard, turbinate or obconical, sometimes strongly 4-lobed above, separating at maturity into 4 mericarps. Worldwide: 9 species; one in Vietnam, the others in Madagascar and Africa 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 |
| speciosa (Hutch. & Corbishley) R. Fern. | M | Description, Image |
| tettensis (Klotzsch) R. Fern. | T,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Karomia:
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Flora of Malawi: KaromiaFlora of Mozambique: cultivated Karomia
Flora of Zambia: Karomia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Karomia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Karomia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): KaromiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Karomia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Karomia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Karomia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Karomia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Karomia
JSTOR Plant Science: Karomia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Karomia
Plants of the World Online: Karomia
Tropicos: Karomia
Wikipedia: Karomia
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