8359.010 Fadogia Schweinf.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs or subshrubs, usually with several stems from a woody rootstock. Leaves in whorls of 3-5(-6) or opposite, shortly petiolate (in ours). Inflorescences axillary, few-flowered. Calyx tube campanulate or subspherical. Corolla tube usually cylindric; lobes 5(-9). Ovary 3-4(-9)-locular. Fruit glabrous, containing 1-3(-9) pyrenes.

Worldwide: 40-50 species in tropical Africa

Burundi: 4 taxa.

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Species		Content
ancylantha Schweinf.		Description, Image
cienkowskii Schweinf.[Agg]
elskensii De Wild.[Agg]
stenophylla Welw. ex Hiern[Agg]

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Flora of Caprivi: Fadogia
Flora of Malawi: Fadogia
Flora of Mozambique: Fadogia
Flora of Zambia: Fadogia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Fadogia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Fadogia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Fadogia
JSTOR Plant Science: Fadogia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Fadogia
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Tropicos: Fadogia
Wikipedia: Fadogia