2673.000 Uvaria L.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees, usually climbing or scrambling. Stamens numerous, linear or obconic; anther-thecae not septate. Inflorescence of solitary flowers or of few-flowered cymes, these terminal or extra-axillary, often leaf-opposed. Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two rows. Carpels, many, free in fruit, borne on a stipe, globular to cylindric, indehiscent, dry or succulent, sometimes edible.

Worldwide: 110 species in the tropics of the Old World

Mozambique: 9 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
acuminata Oliv.	N,Z	Image
caffra E. Mey. ex Sond.	M
gracilipes N. Robson	GI	Description, Image
kirkii Oliv. ex Hook. f.[LR-nt]	N	Image
leptocladon Oliv.	N	Image
lucida Benth. subsp. virens (N.E. Br.) Verdc.	MS,GI,M	Description
rovumae Deroin & Lötter[End][CR]	N
scheffleri Diels	N
tanzaniae Verdc.	N	Description

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