3424.000 Rourea Aubl.

Description of the genus

Woody lianes, climbing shrubs or small trees. Leaves imparipinnate. Inflorescences of racemes or panicles. Flowers 5-merous. Sepals imbricate; margin ciliate. Petals longer than sepals. Stamens 10. Fruit a slightly curved, glabrous or glabrescent, follicle, with the persistent calyx clasping the base. Seed partially enclosed by the basal aril. Follicles glabrous or almost so.

Worldwide: 40 - 70 species in the tropics

Zambia: 3 taxa.

Rourea orientalis

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
minor (Gaertn.) AlstonNLpDescription, Image
orientalis Baill.B,N,W,C,E,SCb,C,LkDescription, Image
thomsonii (Baker) Jongkind Nw,N,Mc

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Flora of Botswana: Rourea
Flora of Caprivi: Rourea
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Rourea
Flora of Malawi: Rourea
Flora of Mozambique: Rourea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Rourea

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Rourea
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Rourea
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iNaturalist: Rourea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Rourea
JSTOR Plant Science: Rourea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Rourea
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Tropicos: Rourea
Wikipedia: Rourea

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Rourea.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=664, retrieved 20 April 2024

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