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4868.000 Berchemia
Description of the genus
Unarmed shrubs or trees. Stipules small, not spiny. Leaves alternate or opposite to subopposite, petiolate, entire, not 3-veined from the base. Cymes axillary. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous. Sepals and petals 5. Disk cup-shaped or swollen and enveloping the ovary. Ovary superior, 2-locular; ovules 1 in each loculus. Fruit a fleshy drupe. Seeds 2. Worldwide: c. 12 species occurring in Africa, E Asia and W North America 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 |
| discolor (Klotzsch) Hemsl. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| zeyheri (Sond.) Grubov | W,C,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Berchemia:
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Flora of Botswana: BerchemiaFlora of Caprivi: Berchemia
Flora of Malawi: Berchemia
Flora of Mozambique: Berchemia
Flora of Zambia: Berchemia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Berchemia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BerchemiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Berchemia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Berchemia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Berchemia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Berchemia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Berchemia
JSTOR Plant Science: Berchemia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Berchemia
Plants of the World Online: Berchemia
Tropicos: Berchemia
Wikipedia: Berchemia
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