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Monoecious, or rarely dioecious, shrubs or trees with an indumentum of stellate hairs and/or peltate scales. Leaves alternate, sometimes subopposite or subwhorled, simple, petiolate, with 2 sessile or stalked discoid glands on the petiole or at the base of the lamina. Inflorescences terminal, sometimes axillary, either bisexual (the female flowers usually below the males) or unisexual. Male flowers: sepals (4-)5(-6), petals usually present, (4-)5(-6), rarely more; stamens central, 5-many. Female flowers: sepals narrower than the male flowers, petals often smaller, vestigial or 0. Ovary (2-)3(-4)-locular; styles 1-several times 2-fid. Fruit dehiscent with 3 valves or cocci or ± indehiscent. Worldwide: c.750 species in tropical and warm areas. Zambia: 13 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| gossweileri Hutch. [DD] | B | |
| gratissimus Burch. var. gratissimus | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| leuconeurus Pax subsp. leuconeurus | B,N,W,S | Description, Image |
| longipedicellatus J. Léonard var. longipedicellatus | B,N,W,S | Description, Image |
| longipedicellatus J.Léonard var. brevipedicellatus Radcl.-Sm. | N,W | |
| macrostachyus Hochst. ex Delile | N,E | Description, Image |
| megalobotrys Müll. Arg. | B,N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| megalocarpus Hutch. | N,C | Description, Image |
| menyharthii Pax | C,S | Description, Image |
| polytrichus Pax subsp. brachystachyus Radcl.-Sm. | B,N,W,S | |
| pseudopulchellus Pax | B | Description, Image |
| scheffleri Pax [VU] | ||
| sylvaticus Hochst. ex C. Krauss | N | Description, Image |
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