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Spermatophyta: Dicotyledonae: Archichlamydeae: Malpighiales

Erythroxylaceae - Coca family

Robson, N.K.B. (1963) Erythroxylaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1)

Description of the family

Trees or shrubs, glabrous. Stipules ± united and intrapetiolar. Leaves alternate, simple, entire. Flowers axillary, solitary or in fascicles, actinomorphic, bisexual. Sepals 5, valvate, ± united. Petals 5, free, each with (in ours) an adaxial ligule-like nectar-bearing appendage. Stamens 10, usually forming a tube. Ovary superior, 2-3-locular with 1 ovule per loculus. Fruit a 1-seeded fleshy drupe.

Worldwide: 4 genera and 240 species, tropical zones, mostly America.

Zambia: 1 genus and 2 taxa.

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Erythroxylaceae

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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Erythroxylaceae
Wikipedia: Erythroxylaceae
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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Family page: Erythroxylaceae.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=85, retrieved 21 November 2024

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