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4589.010 Ozoroa
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs, suffrutices or herbaceous perennials, with milky latex. Leaves alternate, opposite or whorled, simple, hairy; lateral nerves numerous, parallel and usually undivided almost to the thickened margin. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles, unisexual, 5-merous. Male flowers: calyx 5-partite. Female flowers: perianth like the male; staminodes small; ovary spherical, 1-locular; styles 3; stigmas capitate. Fruit usually reniform, black, shiny, fleshy. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa Zimbabwe: 7 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| longipetiolata R. Fern. & A. Fern.[End][LR-lc] | N | Description, Image |
| nitida (Engl. & Brehmer) R. Fern. & A. Fern. | W | Description, Image |
| obovata (Oliv.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. var. obovata | E | |
| obovata (Oliv.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. var. elliptica R. Fern. & A. Fern. | S | Description, Image |
| paniculosa (Sond.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. var. paniculosa | N,W,S | |
| reticulata (Baker f.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| sphaerocarpa R. Fern. & A. Fern. | S |
Other sources of information about Ozoroa:
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Flora of Botswana: OzoroaFlora of Caprivi: Ozoroa
Flora of Malawi: Ozoroa
Flora of Mozambique: Ozoroa
Flora of Zambia: Ozoroa
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): OzoroaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ozoroa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ozoroa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ozoroa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Ozoroa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ozoroa
JSTOR Plant Science: Ozoroa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ozoroa
Plants of the World Online: Ozoroa
Tropicos: Ozoroa
Wikipedia: Ozoroa
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