4995.000 Malvastrum A. Gray

Description of the genus

Low-growing suffrutices. Leaves ovate, petiolate. Flowers yellow. Epicalyx of 3 linear bracts. Ovary of 10 free, 1-ovulate carpels. Style branches 10, filiform. Fruit discoid, of 10 indehiscent, 1-seeded mericarps. Seeds reniform.

Worldwide: 14 species in tropical and warm areas

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

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

Species	FZ divisions	Content
coromandelianum (L.) Garcke	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Malvastrum
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