8338.000 Cremaspora Benth.

Description of the genus

Shrubs, small trees or lianes. Branches appearing supra-axillary and often subtended by small, rounded, often cordate leaves. Stipules acuminate. Leaves opposite. Inflorescences of sessile, dense, axillary clusters. Flowers 5(-6)-merous, sweet-scented; bracts and bracteoles triangular-acuminate, not forming cupules. Calyx with campanulate limb tube and 5 teeth. Corolla white; tube cylindric or narrowly funnel-shaped; 5lobed. Anthers exserted. Ovary 2-locular; ovule 1 per loculus. Seeds flattened; testa wrinkled-striate.

Worldwide: 3-4 species in tropical Africa and the Comoros

Mozambique: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
triflora (Thonn.) K. Schum. subsp. confluens (K. Schum.) Verdc.	N
triflora (Thonn.) K. Schum. subsp. triflora	N,Z,T,MS	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Cremaspora
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