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8562.000 Mukia
Description of the genus
Climbing or prostrate, monoecious, herbs. Leaves simple, petiolate. Tendrils simple. Flowers very small. Male flowers in sessile fascicles, shortly pedicellate. Corolla lobes 5, united below. Stamens 3, two 2-thecous, one single 1-thecous. Female flowers also in sessile fascicles, ± sessile or shortly pedicellate; staminodes 3, stigma 3-lobed. Fruit spherical (in ours), smooth, red, usually glabrous when mature. Worldwide: 4 species in the Old World tropics |
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| maderaspatana (L.) M. Roem. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Mukia:
Flora of Mozambique: MukiaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Mukia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Mukia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Mukia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mukia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Mukia
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