4853.000 Bersama Fresen.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate; rhachis markedly winged abyssinica). Inflorescence racemose. Petals densely hairy. Fruit a woody capsule opening by 4-5 thick valves. Seeds with a conspicuous aril, both seed and aril often brightly coloured.

Worldwide: 5 species in southern tropical Africa and South Africa

Rwanda: 1 taxon.

Bersama abyssinica

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Other sources of information about Bersama:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Bersama
Flora of the DRC: Bersama
Flora of Malawi: Bersama
Flora of Mozambique: Bersama
Flora of Zambia: Bersama
Flora of Zimbabwe: Bersama
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Bersama

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Bersama
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Bersama
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Bersama
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Bersama
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Bersama
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Bersama
JSTOR Plant Science: Bersama
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Bersama
Plants of the World Online: Bersama
Tropicos: Bersama
Wikipedia: Bersama

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