4368.000 Erythrococca Benth.

Description of the genus

Dioecious shrubs with simple hairs, without milky latex. Buds bearing persistent protective scales. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, gland-toothed. Male flowers: calyx closed in bud, splitting later into 3-4 valvate lobes; petals 0. Female flowers: calyx 2-4-partite; petals 0; ovary 2-3-locular. Fruit of 1-3 dehiscent cocci. Seeds subspherical bearing a scarlet aril.

Worldwide: 50 species in tropical and South Africa and southern Arabia.

Mozambique: 6 taxa.

Erythrococca trichogyne var. trichogyne

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
berberidea PrainGI
kirkii (Müll.) Arg.MS
menyharthii (Pax) PrainN,T,MS,GI,MDescription, Image
polyandra (Pax & K. Hoffm.) PrainZ,MSDescription, Image
trichogyne (Müll. Arg.) Prain var. trichogyne NDescription, Image
zambesiaca Prain[NrEnd]MS

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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Erythrococca
Plants of the World Online: Erythrococca
Tropicos: Erythrococca
Wikipedia: Erythrococca

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: Erythrococca.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=848, retrieved 11 November 2024

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