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Robson, N.K.B. (1966) Celastraceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2)
Robson, N.K.B. et al. (1994) Celastraceae Flora of Tropical East Africa
Lianes, shrubs or small trees, rarely shrublets, with or without latex threads and without spines. Stipules small or 0. Leaves opposite, subopposite or alternate; lamina toothed or entire. Inflorescence 1-many-flowered, pedunculate or sessile, cymose, dichasial or umbel-like, without accessory branches. Sepals (4-)5(-6), the inner sometimes petaloid. Petals (4-)5(-6). Disk always developed, extrastaminal. Stamens (2-)3. Ovary superior; locules (2-)3, each with 2-8 axile ovules in 1-2 rows per loculus. Fruit a fleshy indehiscent berry, spherical or elongated, with a leathery exocarp, soft and fleshy mesocarp and mucilaginous endocarp. Worldwide: c. 200 species occurring thoughout the tropics and substropics. Zambia: 8 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| bussei Loes. | B,N | |
| chlorantha Oliv. | W | |
| congolensis De Wild. & T. Durand | N | |
| elegans Welw. ex Oliv. | N,W | Image |
| erecta (G. Don) Walp. | N | |
| luebbertii Loes. | S | Description, Image |
| pynaertii De Wild. | W | |
| rhodesiaca Blakelock | N,W,C |
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