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Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves shortly petiolate, leathery; stipules deciduous. Flowers in many-flowered clusters. Calyx 5-lobed, lobes longer than the tube, hairy. Corolla orange to dark red, hairy; 5-lobed, lobes much shorter than the tube. Fruit a round berry, crowned with a persistent calyx. Seeds many, somewhat compressed. Derivation of name: after William John Burchell, 1781–1863, English explorer, who collected plants in South Africa between 1810 and 1815. Worldwide: 1 species in South Africa Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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