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4355.000 Chrozophora
Description of the genus
Monoecious herb (in ours). Indumentum stellate. Leaves alternate, simple, entire or subentire, plicate or bullate when young, bearing 2 discoid glands at base of lamina. Inflorescence lateral or leaf opposed, racemose or paniculate. Male flowers: calyx closed in bud, later splitting into 5 valvate lobes; petals 5; disk 5-lobed; stamens 3-15, the filaments connate into a column; pistillode 0. Female flowers: pedicels often elongated and reflexed in fruit; sepals open in bud, 5; petals 5 or 0; styles 3, 2-fid. Fruit dehiscent, leaving a columella. Worldwide: 6-12 species in the Mediterranean, tropical Africa, extending to Thailand. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| plicata (Vahl) A. Juss. ex Spreng. | T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Chrozophora:
Our websites:
Flora of Zambia: ChrozophoraFlora of Zimbabwe: Chrozophora
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ChrozophoraBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Chrozophora
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Chrozophora
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Chrozophora
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Chrozophora
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Chrozophora
JSTOR Plant Science: Chrozophora
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Chrozophora
Plants of the World Online: Chrozophora
Tropicos: Chrozophora
Wikipedia: Chrozophora
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