2395.010 Zaleya Burm. f.

Description of the genus

Usually prostrate, annual or perennial herbs. Leaves opposite, entire. Stipules 0. Flowers in groups, axillary, ± sessile. Perianth with 5 lobes with a membranous margin and a mucro on the back just below the tip. Stamens 5, free. Ovary superior, consisting of 2 carpels, 2-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Styles 2, free. Fruit a circumscissile, 4-seeded capsule, the lid splitting into 2 valves.

Worldwide: 3 species in Africa, India and Australia.

Rwanda: 1 taxon.

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pentandra (L.) C. Jeffrey		Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Zaleya
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Flora of Caprivi: Zaleya
Flora of the DRC: Zaleya
Flora of Malawi: Zaleya
Flora of Mozambique: Zaleya
Flora of Zambia: Zaleya
Flora of Zimbabwe: Zaleya

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