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Dioecious tree. Indumentum simple. Leaves opposite, decussate, simple, entire. Stipules large, intrapetiolar, connate at first into a sheath enclosing the terminal bud. Flowers axillary; males in 3s, pendent; female solitary. Male flowers: sepals 2-5; petals 0; disk 0; stamens numerous; pistillode 0. Female flowers: sepals 5-6; stigmas 3, reflexed. Fruit 3-lobed, dehiscent. Seeds 6, laterally flattened, shiny. Comment: This genus was formerly included in Euphorbiaceae sensu lato. Worldwide: 1 species in SE tropical Africa Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
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