5275.000 Rawsonia Harv. & Sond.
Description of the genus
Evergreen shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate: lamina thick; margin spiny. Flowers in axillary spike-like racemes. Sepals 4-5 free. Petals larger than sepals with larger petaloid scales opposite each petal and with a fleshy gland at their base. Stamens numerous. Ovary 1-locular; stigmas 4-5. Fruit berry-like at first, later splitting longitudinally. Mozambique: 1 taxon. |
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2021).
Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Rawsonia. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=971, retrieved 4 March 2021
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