Grevea Baill.

Mendes, E.J. (1978) Montiniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4

Description of the genus

Small trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite or subopposite, petiolate. Male flowers in terminal or axillary few-flowered inflorescences; bracts very small, obsolete or absent; calyx-tube cupular, truncate, subentire or shallowly 3-lobed; petals 3, inserted below the margin of the disk, imbricate; female flowers solitary, terminal; calyx-tube elongated, smooth and longitudinally striate, with usually 4 inconspicuous lobes, petals usually 4. Fruit indehiscent, crowned by the persistent style. Seeds horny.

Worldwide: Eight species in Africa and Madagascar.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
eggelingii Milne-Redh. var. eggelingii N

Other sources of information about Grevea:

External websites:

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

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: Grevea.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1864, retrieved 14 October 2024

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