2373.000 Hilleria Vell.

Stannard, B.L. (1988) Phytolaccaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(1)

Description of the genus

Herbs, sometimes woody at base. Leaves ovate or elliptic to broadly lanceolate, acuminate, rounded to cuneate and often unequal at base, petiolate. Inflorescence terminal and axillary racemes. Flowers, more or less zygomorphic. Bracts single, caudate. Bracteoles in pairs. Sepals 4, one free, 3 united with centre one slightly larger, accrescent at fruiting. Fruit lenticulate, sometimes slightly asymmetric, pericarp wrinkled. Seed discoidal; testa black.

Worldwide: Three species in South America, one species in Africa and Madagascar.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

Hilleria latifolia

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latifolia (Lam.) H. Walt.MSDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Hilleria:

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Hilleria
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hilleria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Hilleria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Hilleria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Hilleria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hilleria
JSTOR Plant Science: Hilleria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hilleria
Plants of the World Online: Hilleria
Tropicos: Hilleria
Wikipedia: Hilleria

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: Hilleria.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2286, retrieved 20 April 2024

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