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Shrublets, shrubs, trees or climbers. Spines 0 but lateral branches may be sharp at the tip. Leaves alternate or crowded on short side shoots, simple or 3(-5)-foliolate. Flowers bisexual. Receptacle cylindric or funnel-shaped, often produced into a disk. Sepals (3-)4. Petals 0 or (3-)4(-8). Androgynophore shorter than the sepals. Gynophore elongated. Fruit spherical, ovoid, ellipsoid, oblong-ellipsoid or cylindric, sometimes beaded. Worldwide: 50 species in tropical and South Africa, extending to India Zimbabwe: 14 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
angolensis DC. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
buxifolia (Welw. ex Oliv.) Gilg & Gilg-Ben. | N,C | Description |
cafra (DC.) Pax | E | Description |
edulis (Gilg & Gilg-Ben.) DeWolf | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
friesii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. | N,C | Description, Image |
juncea Pax[Agg] | N,W,C,E,S | |
juncea Pax subsp. crustata (Wild) Wild | W,E,S | Description, Image |
juncea Pax subsp. juncea | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
kirkii (Oliv.) F. White | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
nervosa (Hochst.) Oliv. | E | Description, Image |
parvifolia Pax | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
prittwitzii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. | N,W,C | Description, Image |
salicifolia Wild[End][VU] | N | Description |
triphylla A. Rich. subsp. pubescens (Klotzsch) DeWolf | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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