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Exell, A.W. (1960) Polygalaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1)
Leistner, O.A. (2005) Seed plants of southern tropical Africa: families and genera SABONET Report No. 26 SABONET, Pretoria
Small trees, shrubs or perennial or annual herbs. Stipules usually 0, but sometimes present and if so, small and gland-like. Leaves alternate (in ours), simple, entire. Sepals 5; two lateral ones often petal-like (wings); two anterior ones sometimes joined. Petals 3-5. Stamens 5-8; filaments usually united in a slit tube. Ovary superior, 1- or 2-locular. Fruit (in ours) a capsule or a samara. Worldwide: 17 genera and 950 species, ± cosmopolitan, but not in the W Pacific. Mozambique: 1 cultivated genus and 1 cultivated taxon. |
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