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Hedythyrsus
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003) Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3)
Description of the genus
Small erect shrubs, invariably turning blackish on drying. Leaves distinctly discolorous, very shortly petiolate, elliptic to lanceolate, rather thick; stipule sheath usually hairy. Flowers small in many-flowered dense terminal corymbs or panicles. Calyx lobes 4, triangular or lanceolate; corolla shortly subcylindric, slightly widened above; lobes 4. Fruit capsule depressed hemispherical, produced into a conical beak. Seeds few, much compressed, elliptic or oblong. Worldwide: Two species in tropical Africa. Rwanda: 1 taxon. |
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): HedythyrsusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Hedythyrsus
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Hedythyrsus
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