Stipularia P. Beauv.

Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003) Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3)

Description of the genus

Erect woody herbs or shrubs, the stems sparsely branched. Leaves large, elliptic; stipules conspicuous, leafy, deciduous. Inflorescences axillary, capitate, enclosed in a capacious campanulate involucre, each with several sessile flowers supported by membranous bracteoles. Calyx tube oblong or obconic, lobes 5 erect, lanceolate; corolla narrowly tubular funnel-shaped, lobes short, valvate. Fruits subglobose or obovoid, fleshy, many-seeded. Seeds small, angular with thick testa and fleshy endosperm.

Worldwide: Two species.

DRC: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
africana P. Beauv.		Description, Image

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Stipularia
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