5328.000 Dovyalis E. Mey. ex Arn.

Description of the genus

Dioecious trees or shrubs, unarmed or spiny. Stipules 0. Flowers unisexual. Male flowers fasciculate or in short racemes; calyx (3-)4-7-lobed almost to base, pubescent to tomentose; petals 0; stamens numerous, alternating with minute disk glands. Female flowers solitary or in fascicles of 2-4; calyx 4-8-lobed almost to base, sometimes accrescent in fruit; petals 0; styles 2-8, divergent. Fruit a fleshy berry. Seeds few or up to 12, glabrous or hairy.

Worldwide: 15 species in warm regions of Africa and Sri Lanka

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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

Links to cultivated taxa    View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesContent
caffra (Hook. f. & Harv.) Hook. f.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Dovyalis:

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Flora of Botswana: Dovyalis
Flora of Burundi: Dovyalis
Flora of Malawi: Dovyalis
Flora of Mozambique: Dovyalis
Flora of Zambia: Dovyalis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Dovyalis

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dovyalis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Dovyalis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Dovyalis
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Dovyalis
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iNaturalist: Dovyalis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Dovyalis
JSTOR Plant Science: Dovyalis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dovyalis
Plants of the World Online: Dovyalis
Tropicos: Dovyalis
Wikipedia: Dovyalis

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Dovyalis.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=982, retrieved 2 December 2024

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