4589.010 Ozoroa Delile

Description of the genus

Trees, shrubs, suffrutices or herbaceous perennials, with milky latex. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple, hairy; lateral nerves numerous, parallel and usually undivided almost to the thickened margin. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, unisexual, 5-merous. Male flowers: calyx 5-partite. Female flowers: perianth like the male; staminodes small; ovary spherical, 1-locular; styles 3; stigmas capitate. Fruit usually reniform, black, shiny, fleshy.

Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa

Mozambique: 8 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
engleri R. Fern. & A. Fern.	M
gomesiana R. Fern. & A. Fern.[End]	GI	Description, Image
obovata (Oliv.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. var. obovata	N,Z,MS,GI,M
obovata (Oliv.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. var. elliptica R. Fern. & A. Fern.[NrEnd]	Z,T,MS,GI,M	Description, Image
paniculosa (Sond.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. var. paniculosa	M
pwetoensis (Van der Veken) R. Fern. & A. Fern. var. angustifolia R. Fern. & A. Fern.	T
reticulata (Baker f.) R. Fern. & A. Fern.	N,Z,T,MS	Description, Image
sphaerocarpa R. Fern. & A. Fern.	M

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Flora of Botswana: Ozoroa
Flora of Caprivi: Ozoroa
Flora of Malawi: Ozoroa
Flora of Zambia: Ozoroa
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ozoroa

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ozoroa
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ozoroa
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