Description
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Unarmed shrubs. Sepals caducous. Leaves entire. Flowers solitary, male or bisexual, large and showy. Sepals 3-4.
Petals free, white, 7-12, more numerous than the sepals. Stamens numerous. Ovary sessile, 1-locular. Fruit a woody capsule; valves 8, thick.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Xylotheca Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=973
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Xylotheca: Brief Summary
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Xylotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the Achariaceae family. The genus is found in central and southern Africa, and Madagascar.
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