5262.000 Rinorea Aubl.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees. Stipules deciduous. Leaves alternate, or rarely, opposite or whorled. Inflorescence simple or compound, terminal or axillary. Flowers actinomorphic or slightly zygomorphic. Sepals ± equal; margin ciliolate. Petals subequal (no petal spurred), often ± reflexed, white or greenish-white to yellow or red. Stamens free or ± united to form a tube. Fruit a capsule with 3 valves, rarely subfleshy and indehiscent. Seeds usually glabrous and smooth.

Worldwide: c. 200 species in the tropics

Mozambique: 7 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
angustifolia (Thouars) Baill. subsp. ardisiiflora (Oliv.) Grey-Wilson	MS	Description, Image
arborea (Thouars) Baill.	MS,GI	Description, Image
convallarioides (Baker f.) Eyles subsp. convallarioides	MS	Description
elliptica (Oliv.) Kuntze	N,Z,MS,GI	Description, Image
ferruginea Engl.	N,MS	Description, Image
ilicifolia (Welw. ex Oliv.) Kuntze subsp. ilicifolia	MS	Description
welwitschii (Oliv.) Kuntze

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