6444.000 Azima Lam.

Description of the genus

Dioecious shrubs or trees, bearing axillary spines. Leaves simple, opposite. Flowers axillary. Calyx 4-toothed (in ours). Petals 4, free. Male flowers: stamens 4, alternating with petals. Female flowers: staminodes 4; ovary 2-locular; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit a berry.

Worldwide: 4 species in tropical and South Africa, India, Philippines and Malaysia

Burundi: 1 taxon.

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Species		Content
tetracantha Lam.		Description, Image

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Flora of the DRC: Azima
Flora of Malawi: Azima
Flora of Mozambique: Azima
Flora of Rwanda: Azima
Flora of Zambia: Azima
Flora of Zimbabwe: Azima

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Azima
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