4076.000 Vepris Comm. ex A. Juss.

DIPHASIOPSIS Mendonça

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs, without prickles. Leaves alternate or rarely opposite (in V. bachmannii), 1- or 3-5-foliolate. Inflorescences of axillary and terminal racemes, panicles or clustered cymes. Flowers usually unisexual by abortion, (2-)4(-5)-merous. Sepals united to form a cup-shaped (3-)4-5-lobed calyx. Petals (3-)4, oblong. Male flowers: stamens 4-5 or (6-)8. Female flowers: ovary 1-2-4-locular, smooth. Fruit drupaceous, smooth, usually 1-2-4-seeded or sometimes woody and verrucose (in V. bremekampii).

Worldwide: 90 species in tropical and South Africa, Mascarenes and India.

Zimbabwe: 9 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
bachmannii (Engl.) Mziray	E,S	Description, Image
bremekampii (I.Verd.) Mziray	E,S	Description, Image
drummondii Mendonça[NrEnd][VU]	E	Description
myrei (Exell & Mendonça) Mziray[NrEnd]	E,S	Image
nobilis (Delile) Mziray	E	Description, Image
reflexa I. Verd.	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
rogersii (Mendonça) Mziray	N,W,C,S
trichocarpa (Engl.) Mziray	W,E,S
zambesiaca S. Moore[NrEnd]	N,W,C,S	Description

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