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Coates Palgrave K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002) Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa
Wild, H. (1963) Tiliaceae FZ 2(1)
Small trees, lianes, shrubs or herbs, often stellately hairy. Stipules small, deciduous. Leaves alternate, often asymmetric and 3-veined from the base. Flowers usually bisexual, actinomorphic. Sepals 5, or sometimes 2-4, free or occasionally connate. Petals free, equalling number of sepals, rarely 0. Stamens usually numerous. Ovary superior, 2-10-locular. Fruit a dry or ± fleshy drupe or schizocarp. Worldwide: 46 genera and 680 species, ± cosmopolitan |
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| Genus | Content |
| Carpodiptera Griseb. | |
| Clappertonia Meisn. | |
| Corchorus L. | Description, Image |
| Glyphaea Hook. f. ex Planch. | |
| Grewia L. | Description, Image |
| Sparrmannia L.f. | Description, Image |
| Triumfetta L. | Description |
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