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White, F. & Styles, B.T. (1963) Meliaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1)
Deciduous trees. Leaves usually paripinnate; leaflets entire. Flowers 5-merous, in large much-branched panicles. Calyx variable, lobed almost to the base, shallowly dentate, or cup-shaped and split down one side; petals 5, imbricate, adnate for one-third of their length. Ovary 5-locular. Fruit a pendulous, capsule, opening from the apex by 5 valves. Seeds with a terminal wing, attached by the seed-end to the apex of the columella. Worldwide: Two species in tropical and South Africa. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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