2122.000 Opilia Roxb.

Description of the genus

Scandent shrubs. Leaves: lamina elliptic; petiole articulated. Inflorescence racemose with imbricate bracts. Flowers minute. Calyx annular. Petals reflexed. Disk glands fleshy. Fruit ellipsoid.

Worldwide: 2 species in the Old World tropics

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
amentacea Roxb.	T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Opilia:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Opilia
Flora of the DRC: Opilia
Flora of Malawi: Opilia
Flora of Rwanda: Opilia
Flora of Zambia: Opilia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Opilia

External websites:

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

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: Opilia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=505, retrieved 1 May 2025

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