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Byng, J.W. (2014) The Flowering Plants Handbook Plant Gateway Limited, Hertford, UK
Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa
Shrubs or small trees; bark thick and rough. Leaves crowded at the ends of the branches; lamina simple, almost circular, 3-veined from the base; margins irregularly crenate. Inflorescence of terminal racemes; flowers actinomorphic; sepals 5, much shorter than the petals, imbricate, basally fused; petals 5, showy, red, rarely white; stamens 10 in 2 whorls, exserted. Fruit an almost cylindric 5-grooved capsule. Worldwide: 1 genus and 3 species in South Africa. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated genus and 2 cultivated taxa. |
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