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4868.000 Berchemia
Description of the genus
Unarmed shrubs or trees. Stipules small, not spiny. Leaves alternate or opposite to subopposite, petiolate, entire, not 3-veined from the base. Cymes axillary. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous. Sepals and petals 5. Disk cup-shaped or swollen and enveloping the ovary. Ovary superior, 2-locular; ovules 1 in each loculus. Fruit a fleshy drupe. Seeds 2. Worldwide: c. 12 species occurring in Africa, E Asia and W North America Caprivi: 1 taxon. |
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Flora of Botswana: BerchemiaFlora of Malawi: Berchemia
Flora of Mozambique: Berchemia
Flora of Zambia: Berchemia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Berchemia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Berchemia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BerchemiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Berchemia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Berchemia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Berchemia
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iNaturalist: Berchemia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Berchemia
JSTOR Plant Science: Berchemia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Berchemia
Plants of the World Online: Berchemia
Tropicos: Berchemia
Wikipedia: Berchemia
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