5588.010 Heteropyxis Harv.

Description of the genus

Characters as for the family.

Worldwide: 3 species in southern Africa

Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa.

 No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species

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SpeciesContent
dehniae Suess.Description, Image
natalensis Harv.

Other sources of information about Heteropyxis:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Heteropyxis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Heteropyxis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Heteropyxis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Heteropyxis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Heteropyxis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Heteropyxis
JSTOR Plant Science: Heteropyxis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Heteropyxis
Plants of the World Online: Heteropyxis
Tropicos: Heteropyxis
Wikipedia: Heteropyxis
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Heteropyxis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1016, retrieved 5 December 2025

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