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5583.000 Syzygium
Description of the genus
Suffrutices, trees or shrubs. Inflorescence a terminal, many-flowered corymbose cyme. Receptacle gradually narrowed into a pedicel-like base above the articulation, distinctly prolonged beyond summit of ovary as an "upper receptacle". Calyx usually an indistinctly lobed rim-like extension to the upper receptacle. Petals 4, cohering and falling together as a calyptra. Filaments and style c.2 times as long as petals. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a berry. Derivation of name: joined together, presumably referring to the opposite leaves Worldwide: c. 1000 species in the tropics of the Old World Caprivi: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| cordatum Hochst. ex C. Krauss | Description, Image |
| guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. barotsense F. White | Description, Image |
| guineense (Willd.) DC. subsp. guineense | Description, Image |
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Flora of the DRC: Syzygium
Flora of Malawi: Syzygium
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Syzygium
Flora of Mozambique: Syzygium
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Syzygium
Flora of Zambia: Syzygium
Flora of Zambia: cultivated Syzygium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Syzygium
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Syzygium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SyzygiumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Syzygium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Syzygium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Syzygium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Syzygium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Syzygium
JSTOR Plant Science: Syzygium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Syzygium
Plants of the World Online: Syzygium
Tropicos: Syzygium
Wikipedia: Syzygium
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