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Diniz, M.A. (1997) Lauraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(2)
Evergreen trees or shrubs or a parasitic climber (Cassytha). Stipules 0. Leaves simple, alternate, well-developed or minute and scale-like (Cassytha). Flowers bisexual or unisexual, actinomorphic, 3-merous. Perianth calyx-like, usually 6-lobed; in two rows. Fertile stamens usually in 4 whorls, together with an innermost row of 3 staminodes. Ovary superior (in ours), 1-locular. Style simple; stigma terminal, sometimes 2-lobed. Fruit a berry, drupe or sometimes dry, indehiscent. Seed 1, without endosperm. Worldwide: 52 genera and 2,850 species, occurring in tropical and warm areas, especially SE Asia and Brazil. Zimbabwe: 4 cultivated genera and 5 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Genus | Content |
| Actinodaphne Nees | |
| Cinnamomum Schaeff. | Description, Image |
| Laurus L. | Description |
| Persea Mill. | Description, Image |
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