2116.000 Osyridicarpos A.DC.

Description of the genus

Climbing shrub with long, slender, sometimes pendulous, branches. Leaves alternate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Flowers bisexual, small, (4-)5-merous, subtended by 1 bract and 2 small bracteoles. Stamens 5. Stigma capitate. Fruit a drupe crowned with the persistent perianth lobes.

Worldwide: 6 species in tropical and South Africa

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
schimperianus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) A.DC.	MS	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Osyridicarpos:

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Flora of Malawi: Osyridicarpos
Flora of Zambia: Osyridicarpos
Flora of Zimbabwe: Osyridicarpos

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2007-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Osyridicarpos.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=503, retrieved 15 May 2025

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