Description
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Lianes or upright or scandent shrubs. Leaves spirally arranged or opposite, with 2 (or 0) glands on the margin near the base. Inflorescences of racemes or corymbose panicles, axillary or terminal. Flowers actinomorphic. Sepals without glands. Petals pale yellow (in ours), unguiculate and ± hastate at base. Anthers oblong. Ovary densely hairy. Fruit a samara with an entire lateral wing; dorsal wing 0.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Caucanthus Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=820
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Caucanthus: Brief Summary
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Caucanthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malpighiaceae.
Its native range is Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula.
Species:
Caucanthus albidus (Nied.) Nied.
Caucanthus auriculatus (Radlk.) Nied.
Caucanthus edulis Forssk.
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