6577.000 Pleiocarpa Benth.

Description of the genus

Evergreen shrub or tree, without tendrils. Stipules 0. Latex white. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3-5. Inflorescences cymose and axillary. Corolla salver-shaped; lobes overlapping to the left. Ovary glabrous. Carpels 2, free. Fruit a compound berry.

Worldwide: 3 species in tropical Africa

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Species	Links to maps	FZ divisions	Content
pycnantha (K. Schum.) Stapf	Altitude Rainfall Geology	E	Description

Other sources of information about Pleiocarpa:

Flora of Mozambique: Pleiocarpa
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pleiocarpa
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pleiocarpa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pleiocarpa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pleiocarpa
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pleiocarpa

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Pleiocarpa.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1108, retrieved 21 May 2013

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