Vismia Vand.

Robson, N.K.B. (1961) Guttiferae Flora Zambesiaca 1(2)

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs. Leaves usually petiolate, entire, furnished with opaque glandular dots. Inflorescence terminal. Sepals 5, furnished with longitudinal linear glands or rarely gland-dots; petals villous within, furnished with longitudinal linear glands or gland-dots. Ovary 5-locular. Ovules 5 or more per loculus, arranged in two ranks. Fruit a berry. Seeds numerous, small and dry.

Worldwide: 45 species

Mozambique: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
orientalis Engl.	N
pauciflora Milne-redh.[NrEnd][EN]	N

Other sources of information about Vismia:

External websites:

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

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: Vismia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2260, retrieved 23 April 2024

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