4075.000 Casimiroa La Llave
Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976)
Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York
Description of the genus
Unarmed trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, digitate. Inflorescence a terminal or axillary panicle or corymb. Flowers small, bisexual, 5-merous. Calyx minute, deeply lobed; stamens as many as petals. Ovary usually 5-lobed;
ovule 1. Fruit a spherical 2-5-seeded drupe. Worldwide: 5 species from the Central American highlands Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-21
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2021).
Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Casimiroa. https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=802, retrieved 1 March 2021
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