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4478.010 Spirostachys
Description of the genus
Dioecious or monoecious, glabrous trees or shrubs, with milky latex. Leaves simple, alternate, crenate. Inflorescences composed of sessile, narrow, elongated spikes. Male flowers: sessile; sepals 5, imbricate; petals and disk 0; stamens 3; pistillode 0. Female flowers: shortly stalked; sepals 3-5, open in bud; petals and disk 0; ovary 3-locular with 1 ovule per loculus; styles 3. Fruit 3-lobed, splitting into 2-valved cocci. Worldwide: 2 species in tropical and South Africa Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africana Sond. | N,Z,T,MS,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Spirostachys:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: SpirostachysFlora of Zimbabwe: Spirostachys
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SpirostachysBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Spirostachys
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Spirostachys
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Spirostachys
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Spirostachys
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Spirostachys
JSTOR Plant Science: Spirostachys
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Spirostachys
Plants of the World Online: Spirostachys
Tropicos: Spirostachys
Wikipedia: Spirostachys
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