4076.000 Vepris
DIPHASIOPSIS Mendonça
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs, without prickles. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite (in V. bachmannii), 1- or 3-5-foliolate. Inflorescences of axillary and terminal racemes, panicles or clustered cymes. Flowers usually unisexual by abortion, (2-)4(-5)-merous. Sepals united to form a cup-shaped (3-)4-5-lobed calyx. Petals (3-)4, oblong. Male flowers: stamens 4-5 or (6-)8. Female flowers: ovary 1-2-4-locular, smooth. Fruit drupaceous, smooth, usually 1-2-4-seeded or sometimes woody and verrucose (in V. bremekampii). Worldwide: 90 species in tropical and South Africa, Mascarenes and India. Zimbabwe: 9 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bachmannii (Engl.) Mziray | E,S | Description, Image |
| bremekampii (I.Verd.) Mziray | E,S | Description, Image |
| drummondii Mendonça [NrEnd] [VU] | E | Description |
| myrei (Exell & Mendonça) Mziray [NrEnd] | E,S | Image |
| nobilis (Delile) Mziray | E | Description, Image |
| reflexa I. Verd. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| rogersii (Mendonça) Mziray | N,W,C,S | |
| trichocarpa (Engl.) Mziray | W,E,S | |
| zambesiaca S. Moore [NrEnd] | N,W,C,S | Description |
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