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PTEROCOCCUS Hassk.
Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10
Herbs, undershrubs or, rarely shrubs, usually twining. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire or toothed, 3-5 nerved from the base. Inflorescence leaf opposed or sometimes axillary racemes. Petals absent. Calyx with 4-5 lobes. Fruit a capsule, strongly 4-lobed, breaking into bi-valved, dorsally winged cocci. Seeds globose or compressed; cotyledons broad and flat. Worldwide: About 15 species, mostly neotropical, 3 in Africa. Zambia: 1 taxon. |
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