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Description

provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Trees and shrubs. Leaves opposite, simple or 1-pinnate. Domatia 0. Inflorescences cymose. Flowers heterostylous, with "pin" and "thrum" forms, scented. Corolla pale cream or pink, salver-shaped; lobes 5-7, imbricate, each with a conspicuous patch of swollen brownish or purplish hairs at the base. Fruit a 2-valved, woody capsule dehiscing loculicidally. Seeds winged.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Schrebera Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1080
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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