Maesobotrya Benth.

Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996) Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4)

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs with a simple indumentum. Leaves alternate, often long-petiolate, simple, entire or toothed, penninerved; stipules minute. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, racemose; bracts usually 1-flowered; flowers shortly pedicellate; calyx (4)5-lobed, imbricate; petals absent. Fruit subglobose or ellipsoid, subdrupaceous. Seeds solitary by abortion; cotyledons broad, flat, green.

Worldwide: 20 species in tropical Africa.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
floribunda Benth. var. hirtella (Pax) Pax	W

Other sources of information about Maesobotrya:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Maesobotrya
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Maesobotrya
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Maesobotrya
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Maesobotrya
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Maesobotrya
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Maesobotrya
JSTOR Plant Science: Maesobotrya
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Maesobotrya
Plants of the World Online: Maesobotrya
Tropicos: Maesobotrya
Wikipedia: Maesobotrya

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Maesobotrya.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1985, retrieved 8 April 2025

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