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4299.010 Margaritaria
Description of the genus
Dioecious, rarely monoecious, trees or shrubs. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, entire. Flowers axillary; the male usually several, fasciculate; females 1-3 per axil. Male flowers: pedicels capillary; calyx lobes 4, imbricate; petals 0; disk annular, ± entire; stamens 4; pistillode 0. Female flowers: pedicels shorter than male; calyx lobes, petals and disk as for male flowers; ovary (2-)3-4(-5)-locular; ovules 2 per loculus; styles free or 2-fid. Fruit (2-)3-4(-5)-lobed, irregularly dehiscent or ± indehiscent. Seeds hemispheric, 2 per loculus; fleshy outer seed coating present, bluish. Worldwide: 13 species in the tropics Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| discoidea (Baill.) G.L. Webster var. nitida (odd growth form) (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. | C,S | Description, Image |
| discoidea (Baill.) G.L. Webster var. nitida (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Margaritaria:
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Flora of Botswana: MargaritariaFlora of Burundi: Margaritaria
Flora of Caprivi: Margaritaria
Flora of the DRC: Margaritaria
Flora of Malawi: Margaritaria
Flora of Mozambique: Margaritaria
Flora of Zambia: Margaritaria
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MargaritariaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Margaritaria
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Margaritaria
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Margaritaria
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Margaritaria
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Margaritaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Margaritaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Margaritaria
Plants of the World Online: Margaritaria
Tropicos: Margaritaria
Wikipedia: Margaritaria
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