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Stannard, B.L. (1997) Hernandiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2)
Deciduous trees, rarely shrubs. Leaves simple, undivided or 3–5-lobed, long-petiolate. Inflorescence corymbose, consisting of ebracteate cymes, mainly in upper leaf axils. Flowers small, numerous; perianth segments in one 4–8-merous imbricate whorl, equal or unequal with 2 segments. Fruit a globose, ovoid or ellipsoid drupe with 2 long apical wings; cotyledons spirally twisted. Worldwide: 3 species in tropical and warm regions. Zambia: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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