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5172.000 Psorospermum
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, petiolate; lamina with opaque, dark-coloured glandular dots, mostly near the margin and brownish stellate hairs, particularly beneath. Flowers in a terminal, cymose panicle, bisexual. Sepals 5. Petals 5. Ovary 5-locular with 1(-2)-ovulate loculi. Styles 5, free. Fruit a berry. Seeds with a fleshy, glandular-punctate testa. Worldwide: 40-45 species from tropical Africa and Madagascar Zambia: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| baumii Engl. [LR-nt] | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| febrifugum Spach[LR-nt] | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| mechowii Engl. | W | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Psorospermum:
Our websites:
Flora of the DRC: PsorospermumFlora of Malawi: Psorospermum
Flora of Mozambique: Psorospermum
Flora of Rwanda: Psorospermum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Psorospermum
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PsorospermumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Psorospermum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Psorospermum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Psorospermum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Psorospermum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Psorospermum
JSTOR Plant Science: Psorospermum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Psorospermum
Plants of the World Online: Psorospermum
Tropicos: Psorospermum
Wikipedia: Psorospermum
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