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Cannabaceae - Dagga family
Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1991) Cannabaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6)
Description of the family
Erect, annual, aromatic herb (in ours). Latex 0. Stipules present. Leaves alternate or opposite, digitately 3-7(-11)-foliolate (in ours), the leaflets with a serrate margin. Plant dioecious. Male inflorescences laxly cymose-paniculate; perianth 5-lobed, 1-seriate. Female inflorescences short, compact; flowers subtended by a bract and an enveloping bracteole. Ovary superior. Fruit an achene. Worldwide: 2 genera and 4 species, northern temperate regions to SE Asia. Mozambique: 1 genus and 1 taxon. |
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Flora of Botswana: CannabaceaeFlora of Malawi: Cannabaceae
Flora of Zambia: Cannabaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: Cannabaceae
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cannabaceae
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): CannabaceaeGoogle: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cannabaceae
Wikipedia: Cannabaceae
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