5326.000 Aphloia (DC.) Benn.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees. Leaves toothed. Flowers bisexual, axillary, in few-flowered fascicles or racemes. Sepals 4-6, free. Petals 0. Stamens very numerous, not in bundles. Stigma peltate. Fruit a fleshy berry.

Worldwide: 2 species in tropical Africa, Madagascar and the Mascarene islands.

Aphloia theiformis

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theiformis (Vahl) Benn.EDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Aphloia:

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

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

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Aphloia.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=980, retrieved 21 May 2013

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