8334.000 Heinsenia K. Schum.

Description of the genus

Shrub or tree. Branching similar to Rothmannia species. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence subtended by a single leaf. Calyx with 5 teeth. Corolla campanulate, hairy; lobes 5, contorted to the left. Ovary 2-locular; each loculus with a pendulous placenta bearing 2-10 ovules. Fruit fleshy, crowned by the persistent calyx.

Worldwide: 1 species in tropical Africa

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

Heinsenia diervilleoides subsp. diervilleoides

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
diervilleoides K. Schum. subsp. diervilleoides	E	Description, Image

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