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Fernandes, R. (1978) Turneraceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Shrubs. Leaves petiolate, usually elliptic and serrate at the margin, frequently glandular-punctate. Flowers in terminal and axillary panicles or racemes. Calyx connate below the middle, with 5 tubercles within; petals, white, whitish or nearly translucent, inserted at the mouth of the calyx-tube. Fruit a capsule ellipsoid or clavate, dehiscing septicidally into 3 valves from the apex downwards. Seed obovoid, straight. Worldwide: Six species in tropical Africa. Caprivi: 2 cultivated taxa. |
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| lucida Robyns | |
| claoxyloides Gilg |
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