Flora of Caprivi: Cultivated plants
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6404.000 Euclea
Description of the genus
Trees shrubs or suffrutices, usually evergreen. Leaves alternate, subopposite or subwhorled; margin sometimes minutely crenate, otherwise entire. Inflorescence a simple or branched false raceme. Flowers unisexual, the male usually larger than the female. Calyx 4(-5)-lobed, not accrescent. Corolla campanulate, 4(-5)-lobed. Stamens 10-30. Disk fleshy, fimbriate, sometimes undulate. Styles 2-3. Fruit nearly always a 1-seeded berry. Seed ± spherical, with 3 radiating lines from the apex. Worldwide: c.12 species in Africa, Arabia, Socotra and the Comoro Is. Caprivi: 2 cultivated taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| divinorum Hiern | Description, Image |
| schimperi (A. DC.) Dandy | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Euclea:
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Flora of Botswana: EucleaFlora of Caprivi: Euclea
Flora of Malawi: Euclea
Flora of Mozambique: Euclea
Flora of Zambia: Euclea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Euclea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): EucleaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Euclea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Euclea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Euclea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Euclea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Euclea
JSTOR Plant Science: Euclea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Euclea
Plants of the World Online: Euclea
Tropicos: Euclea
Wikipedia: Euclea
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