Description
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Glabrous, unarmed, trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite. Inflorescence a pedunculate dichasial cyme, single or paired in a leaf axil. Flowers bisexual, rarely unisexual,. Sepals (4-)5, united at base. Petals (4-)5, greenish. Disk intrastaminal, (4-)5-lobed. Ovary superior, 2-locular, with only 1 fertile loculus.
Stigma peltate, unlobed.
Fruit indehiscent, a small nut, with a persistent lateral style. Seeds 1(-2), without an aril.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pleurostylia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=892
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Pleurostylia: Brief Summary
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Pleurostylia is a small genus of shrubs in the family Celastraceae containing 13 described species. Of these 3 are accepted species names.
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