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Caloncoba
Description of the genus
Unarmed trees or shrubs. Stipules caducous. Leaves hairless or hairy, sometimes glandular-punctate. Flowers often large, up to 10 cm in diameter, borne in axillary fascicles or solitary, in some species appearing on the old or second year wood, male or bisexual. Sepals 3, concave. Petals 8-12, larger than the sepals. Stamens many. Ovary 1-locular with 5-8 multiovulate placentas. Fruit a dehiscent capsule, splitting into 5-8 valves; spiny or unarmed. Worldwide: 10 species in tropical Africa. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| welwitschii (Oliv.) Gilg | N | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Caloncoba:
Our websites:
Flora of the DRC: CaloncobaFlora of Malawi: Caloncoba
Flora of Zambia: Caloncoba
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CaloncobaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Caloncoba
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Caloncoba
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Caloncoba
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Caloncoba
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Caloncoba
JSTOR Plant Science: Caloncoba
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Caloncoba
Plants of the World Online: Caloncoba
Tropicos: Caloncoba
Wikipedia: Caloncoba
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