4283.000 Dichapetalum Thouars

Breteler, F.J. (1986) The African Dichapetalaceae IX; A taxonomical revision Agricultural University Wageningen Papers 86(3) 1-74

Description of the genus

Suffrutices, shrubs or lianes. Flowers actinomorphic. Stamens 5, all fertile. Petals equal. Fruit drupaceous with (1-)2-3 mericarps; mericarps obtuse or acuminate.

Worldwide: 124 species in the tropics

Mozambique: 7 taxa.

Dichapetalum barbosae

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
barbosae Torre[NrEnd]N,Z,MSDescription, Image
deflexum (Klotzsch) Engl.[NrEnd]N,GIImage
edule Engl.N
macrocarpum Engl. ex K. Krause[NrEnd]NDescription, Image
madagascariense Poir. var. madagascariense MS,GI,MImage
mossambicense (Klotzsch) Engl.N,MSDescription, Image
stuhlmannii Engl.N

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Dichapetalum

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Dichapetalum
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Dichapetalum
Plants of the World Online: Dichapetalum
Tropicos: Dichapetalum
Wikipedia: Dichapetalum

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: Dichapetalum.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=828, retrieved 28 March 2024

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