Description
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Dioecious or monoecious, lianes or climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate. Inflorescences of spikes or racemes. Flowers unisexual. Calyx 0. Petals forming a 4(-5-) lobed corolla, which is persistent in fruit. Male flowers: stamens alternating with petals; vestigial ovary present. Female flowers: vestigial staminodes alternating with petals; ovary ovoid, crowned by a sessile stigma. Fruits broadly ovoid, usually flattened; endocarp spiny on the inner face.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Pyrenacantha Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=898
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- Petra Ballings
Pyrenacantha: Brief Summary
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Pyrenacantha is a genus of plant in family Icacinaceae. It has about 20 species, all from the Old World tropics.
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