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Trees and shrubs. Leaves opposite and decussate, simple, coriaceous. Domatia 0. Flowers small, in paniculate cymes. Calyx (in ours) cup-shaped, subentire with a 4-toothed rim. Corolla with short tube, lobes not hooded. Fruit a usually 1-seeded drupe. Worldwide: 30 species occurring in the tropics and warm temperate zones of the Old World Zimbabwe: 2 cultivated taxa. |
No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species |
| Species | Content |
| europaea L. subsp. cuspidata (Wall ex G. Don) Cif. | Description, Image |
| europaea L. subsp. europaea |
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