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8389.000 Rutidea
Description of the genus
Scandent shrubs or lianes. Stipules either laciniate and 5-9-lobed (orientalis) or oblong-triangular with 1 linear lobe. Leaves petiolate; domatia 0 or present in axils of secondary or even tertiary veins. Flowers bisexual, 4-5-merous. Inflorescences of panicles, terminal or on short axillary branches. Calyx limb-tube with 4-5 lobes. Corolla white or cream; tube cylindric to funnel-shaped; lobes 4-5, spreading or reflexed. Ovary 2(-3)-locular; ovule 1, ascending from the base of each loculus. Fruit yellow, orange or red, spherical, fleshy with 1 seed. Worldwide: 22 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| fuscescens Hiern subsp. fuscescens | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
| orientalis Bridson | Z,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Rutidea:
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Flora of Malawi: RutideaFlora of Zambia: Rutidea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Rutidea
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): RutideaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Rutidea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Rutidea
Wikipedia: Rutidea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Rutidea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Rutidea
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