Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Trees or shrubs, usually with a rusty indumentum. Stipules minute, caducous. Leaves
alternate, petiolate, coriaceous. Inflorescences in terminal panicles. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous. Corona well-developed, composed
of numerous laciniae in 1 row. Stamens 5; filaments connate below. Ovary 1-locular with 3-5, multiovulate, parietal placentas. Styles (2-)3(-5). Capsule 3(-5)-valved; valves
tomentose, membranous. Seeds ovoid, flattened, enveloped by a fleshy cup-shaped aril.
- 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). Paropsia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=988
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Paropsia: Brief Summary
provided by wikipedia EN
Paropsia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Passifloraceae.
Its native range is Tropical and Southern Africa.
- license
- cc-by-sa-3.0
- copyright
- Wikipedia authors and editors
