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Evergreen trees, shrubs or lianes. Leaves alternate, entire. Flowers actinomorphic, bisexual. Calyx present 5-lobed. Petals 5, reflexed. Stamens 5, exserted, alternating with the petals. Ovary superior, 1-locular with 1 ovule. Style 1. Fruit a drupe with or without a prominent lateral fleshy appendage. Worldwide: 10 genera and 62 species, mainly tropical. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated genus and 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Apodytes E.Mey. ex Arn. | Description |
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