7978.000 Sclerochiton Harv.

Description of the genus

Trees or small subshrubs. Inflorescence terminal, spicate. Bracts ovate or 0; bracteoles 2. Calyx actinomorphic, 5-lobed. Corolla 1-lipped; lobes 5; tube shorter than the lobes. Fertile stamens 4, 1-thecous. Pollen prolate. Capsule woody.

Derivation of name: from the Greek skleros, meaning hard and chiton, covering, referring to the woody casing of its fruiting capsule.

Worldwide: 12 species in tropical and South Africa.

Zimbabwe: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
coeruleus (Lindau) S. Moore[NrEnd][DD]	E
harveyanus Nees	E,S	Description, Image
kirkii (T. Anderson) C. B. Clarke[EN]	E,S	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sclerochiton
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