8212.000 Crossopteryx Fenzl

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite, shortly petiolate; stipules interpetiolar, triangular. Domatia sometimes present. Inflorescence a dense branched terminal corymbose panicle. Calyx with 4-6 teeth. Corolla salver-shaped with 4-6 contorted spreading lobes. Ovary 2-locular. Style long-exserted. Fruit a capsule, splitting into 2 persistent valves. Seeds with a fimbriate wing.

Worldwide: 1 species in tropical and South Africa

Burundi: 1 taxon.

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Species		Content
febrifuga (Afzel. ex G. Don) Benth.		Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Crossopteryx
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Flora of Malawi: Crossopteryx
Flora of Mozambique: Crossopteryx
Flora of Zambia: Crossopteryx
Flora of Zimbabwe: Crossopteryx

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