5327.000 Flacourtia Comm. ex L'Hér.

Description of the genus

Spiny shrubs or trees, Leaves 3-veined from the base. Flowers usually unisexual, in short axillary racemes or solitary. Sepals 4-7. Petals 0. Stamens not in bundles, surrounded by a ring of disk glands. Styles 2-8. Fruit a fleshy berry, with seeds in pairs, one above the other.

Derivation of name: Named after Etienne de Flacourt, 1607-1660, director-general of the French East India Company and a former Governor of Madagascar

Worldwide: c. 15 species in tropical and South Africa, extending to Fiji

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Species	Content
indica (Burm. f.) Merr.	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Flacourtia
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Flora of Malawi: Flacourtia
Flora of Mozambique: Flacourtia
Flora of Zambia: Flacourtia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Flacourtia

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