7161.000 Citharexylum L.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, simple, with 1-3 pairs of prominent glands at base of the lamina. Flowers in elongate racemes, distinctly pedicellate. Calyx shortly 5-dentate or truncate. Flowers white. Fruit with 2 two-seeded pyrenes.

Worldwide: c. 70 species from tropical America to Argentina

Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Citharexylum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Citharexylum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Citharexylum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Citharexylum
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iNaturalist: Citharexylum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Citharexylum
JSTOR Plant Science: Citharexylum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Citharexylum
Plants of the World Online: Citharexylum
Tropicos: Citharexylum
Wikipedia: Citharexylum
Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants: genus page: Citharexylum.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1593, retrieved 8 November 2025

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