COLLINIA (Liebm.) Liebm. ex Oerst.
Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Palms, small, unarmed; stems clustered, erect; leaf sheath tubular, unarmed. Leaves pinnate with leaf segments regularly spaced along rhachis. Inflorescence axillary below crown of leaves, ascending; peduncular bracts 5-6, tubular, papery, turning orange in fruit. Flowers sessile. Fruit drupes, globose, exocarp black. Seeds globose. Worldwide: 107 species in tropical C and S America. Zimbabwe: 10 cultivated taxa. |
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| Species | Content |
| cataractarum Mart. | |
| costaricana Oerst. | |
| elegans Mart. | |
| glaucifolia H. Wendl. | |
| metallica O.F. Cook ex H.E. Moore | |
| microspadix Burret | |
| oblongata Mart. | |
| radicalis Mart. | |
| seifrizii Burret | |
| whitelockiana Hodel & N.W. Uhl |