7978.000 Sclerochiton Harv.

Description of the genus

Trees or small subshrubs. Inflorescence terminal, spicate. Bracts ovate or 0; bracteoles 2. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla 1-lipped; lobes 5; tube shorter than the lobes. Fertile stamens 4, 1-thecous. Pollen prolate. Capsule woody.

Derivation of name: from the Greek skleros, meaning hard and chiton, covering, referring to the woody casing of its fruiting capsule.

Worldwide: 12 species in tropical and South Africa.

Mozambique: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
apiculatus Vollesen[NrEnd]	M
coeruleus (Lindau) S. Moore[NrEnd]	N,Z,MS,GI
harveyanus Nees	MS	Description, Image
hirsutus Vollesen [End]	Z
kirkii (T. Anderson) C. B. Clarke	N,Z,MS	Description, Image
vogelii (Nees) T. Anderson subsp. congolanus (De Willd.) Vollesen	N

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