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4642.000 Mystroxylon
Description of the genus
Unarmed shrubs or trees. Stipules free, caducous. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence a dichasial cyme. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5, united at base. Petals 5. Disk intrastaminal. Ovary superior, 2-3-locular. Fruit an indehiscent fleshy drupe. Seed 1, without an aril. Derivation of name: from Greek: mystron meaning a spoon and xylon meaning wood, a translation of the vernacular name spoonwood Caprivi: 1 taxon. |
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| aethiopicum (Thunb.) Loes. subsp. schlechteri (Loes.) R.H. Archer | Description, Image |
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Flora of Zambia: Mystroxylon
Flora of Zimbabwe: Mystroxylon
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MystroxylonBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Mystroxylon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Mystroxylon
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mystroxylon
JSTOR Plant Science: Mystroxylon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Mystroxylon
Plants of the World Online: Mystroxylon
Tropicos: Mystroxylon
Wikipedia: Mystroxylon
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