3311.000 Trichocladus Pers.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs, stellate-hairy. Leaves simple, alternate (in ours), entire. Inflorescences of dense axillary capitula or spikes. Calyx 4-5-lobed. Petals 4-5, linear-spathulate with revolute margins; said to be 0 in female flowers. Stamens equal in number to petals. Ovary inferior to almost superior. Styles 2. Fruit a woody 2-vavlved capsule.

Worldwide: 4 species in tropical and South Africa

DRC: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
ellipticus Eckl. & Zeyh. subsp. malosanus (Baker) Verdc.		Description, Image

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Flora of Burundi: Trichocladus
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Trichocladus

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