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Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996) Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4)
Trees shrubs or perennial herbs.Indumentum simple. Leaves alternate or subfasciculate, shortly petiolate, stipulate, simple, entire or subentire, penninerved. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, pedunculate, spicate, racemose or rarely paniculate, few- to many-flowered; flowers 1 per bract. Sepals 5(6), imbricate; petals 5, small, or absent. Fruit 3-lobed, dehiscent into bivalved cocci; pericarp thin, separating from the thinly woody endocarp. Seeds ovoid-subglobose, testa thin, shiny; endosperm copious, fleshy; cotyledons greenish. Worldwide: 25 species in Africa and Madagascar. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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spathulifolia (Pax) Leandri | N |
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