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Cannon, J.F.M. (1978) Cornaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple; margin entire or serrate. Stipules 0. Flowers bisexual (Curtisia) or unisexual (Afrocrania), actinomorphic, arranged in panicles (Curtisia) or in dense terminal clusters surrounded by 4 herbaceous bracts (Afrocrania); pedicels not articulated. Petals 4-5. Stamens equal in number and alternating with them. Ovary inferior, 2- or 4-locular. Fruit a drupe. Worldwide: 14 genera and 120 species, mainly northern temperate areas, rare in tropics and southern temperate. Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated genera and 2 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Genus | Content |
| Aucuba Thunb. | Description |
| Dendrobenthamia Hutch. |
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