1927.000 Streblus Lour.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs, occasionally scandent shrubs, with latex, sometimes spiny. Stipules free or connate. Leaves alternate, distichous, shortly petiolate, lamina margins entire or toothed and eglandular, secondary veins pinnate. Inflorescence racemose, spicate or capitate, pedunculated, often 1-flowered. Calyx lobes free or basally adnate with pistillode, imbricate or valvate. Fruit drupes, free, globose. Seed large, globose.

Worldwide: 22 species in tropical and sub-tropical Asia.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

Streblus usambarensis

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usambarensis (Engl.) C.C. Berg[VU]MSDescription, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Streblus

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Streblus
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Streblus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Streblus
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iNaturalist: Streblus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Streblus
JSTOR Plant Science: Streblus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Streblus
Plants of the World Online: Streblus
Tropicos: Streblus
Wikipedia: Streblus

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Streblus.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1581, retrieved 29 March 2024

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