Thecacoris A. Juss.

Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996) Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4)

Description of the genus

Trees shrubs or perennial herbs.Indumentum simple. Leaves alternate or subfasciculate, shortly petiolate, stipulate, simple, entire or subentire, penninerved. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, pedunculate, spicate, racemose or rarely paniculate, few- to many-flowered; flowers 1 per bract. Sepals 5(6), imbricate; petals 5, small, or absent. Fruit 3-lobed, dehiscent into bivalved cocci; pericarp thin, separating from the thinly woody endocarp. Seeds ovoid-subglobose, testa thin, shiny; endosperm copious, fleshy; cotyledons greenish.

Worldwide: 25 species in Africa and Madagascar.

DRC: 1 taxon.

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Flora of Mozambique: Thecacoris
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Thecacoris
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Thecacoris
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Tropicos: Thecacoris
Wikipedia: Thecacoris

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