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Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, margins entire or serrate. Inflorescence solitary or cymose, axillary, rarely terminal; epicalyx lobes minute; calyx tubular, 5-lobed, lobes usually unequal and 2-lipped; petals 5, equal to each other or 2-lipped, clawed, usually with auriculate appendage. Fruit capsule, when mature straight or spirally twisted, usually densely hairy. Seeds verrucose. Worldwide: Species 60 in tropical America and Asia. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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