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Annual, biennial or perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves often cordate at base. Flowers solitary, occasionally in terminal racemes or spikes. Epicalyx of 5-16 bracts. Calyx of 5 lobes. Style branches usually 10, always more than 5. Fruit of 5 indehiscent 1-seeded mericarps. Seeds reniform. Derivation of name: Named after José Antonia Pavon (1754-1840), Spanish botanist and traveller. Worldwide: 150 species from tropical and warm zones Burundi: 5 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| burchellii (DC.) R.A.Dyer | ||
| clathrata Mast. | ||
| kilimandscharica Gürke | ||
| senegalensis (Cav.) Leistner | Description, Image | |
| urens Cav. | Description, Image |
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