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3956.000 Erythroxylum
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Young branches distinctive, flattened, with raised lines decurrent from the petiole bases (particularly distinctive in E. emarginatum) Stipules persistent to caducous, completely united. Petals white to cream-yellow. Nectary appendage usually exceeding the calyx. Ovary (2-)3-locular. The two species of Erythroxylum are quite unlike each other in general appearance. Apart from the characters in the key, E. emarginatum has dark green, relatively thick, coriaceous leaves which are brittle and can be heard to crackle when folded and held against the ear. E. zambesiacum has thinly-textured leaves which are not brittle. Worldwide: 230 species in the tropics, mostly America, and Madagascar Mozambique: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| delagoense Schinz | GI,M | |
| emarginatum Thonn. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| gerrardii Baker | N,MS | |
| platycladum Boj. | N |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Erythroxylum
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ErythroxylumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Erythroxylum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Erythroxylum
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Erythroxylum
JSTOR Plant Science: Erythroxylum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Erythroxylum
Plants of the World Online: Erythroxylum
Tropicos: Erythroxylum
Wikipedia: Erythroxylum
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