Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Shrubs or trees. Leaves paripinnate with 2-5 leaflets. Inflorescence an axillary raceme-like thyrse. Flowers actinomorphic. Sepals 5, connate.
Petals present, well-developed, not or scarcely exceeding the sepals, 5, pouch-like.
Ovary 3-locular; each loculus of ovary with 1 ovule
Fruit a 3-lobed, 3-winged dehiscent capsule. Seed with a fleshy arillode enclosing the base.
- 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). Blighia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=910
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
