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  1. Family: Salicaceae Mirb.

    1. Phyllobotryon Müll.Arg.

        2. This genus is accepted, and is native to Africa..

    [FTEA]

    Flacourtiaceae, H. Sleumer (Rijksherbarium, Leiden). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1975

    Habit
    Shrubs
    Leaves
    Leaves persistent, alternate, rather leathery, sinuate- to serrate-dentate, petiolate, penninerved, stipulate
    Inflorescences
    Inflorescence along the midrib on the upper surface of the upper part of the leaves, either a few-flowered cyme, or sometimes reduced to a solitary flower, subtended by a major leafy bract and 2 lateral bracteoles; flowers bisexual or polygamous, pedicelled
    Calyx
    Sepals 3–4(–5), imbricate, rather irregular and dry
    Corolla
    Petals 4–6, imbricate, thin, much larger than the sepals
    Stamens
    Stamens 25–40, free; filaments subulate; anthers almost basifixed, dehiscent longitudinally, apiculate by the protruding connective
    Pistil
    Ovary superior, 1-locular, with 2–4 multiovulate placentas; style 1, shortly 2–4-fid
    Fruits
    Capsule opening with 2 or 3 valves; pericarp woody
    Seeds
    Seeds albuminate.

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    Distribution

    Native to:

    Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zaïre

    Accepted Species

    Synonyms

    Other Data

    Phyllobotryon Müll.Arg. appears in other Kew resources:

    Bibliography

    First published in Flora 47: 534 (1864)

    Literature

    Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • in Flora 47: 534 (1864).

    Sources

    Flora of Tropical East Africa
    Flora of Tropical East Africa
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    Kew Backbone Distributions
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

    Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2020. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0