Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Trees. Leaves: lamina with readily distinguished lateral veins, these straight and parallel. Flowers usually bisexual, 5-merous, borne in fascicles on new or old wood. Calyx of 5 sepals, arranged spirally or in 1 whorl, free to base. Corolla of 5 entire lobes, united into a tube below. Fruit a fleshy berry. Seeds 2-5, with abundant endosperm and with a long lateral scar.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Chrysophyllum Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1071
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
