7420.000 Cestrum L.
Ntore, S. & Sosef, M.S.M. (2020) Solanaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique
Description of the genus
Unarmed shrubs. Leaves simple and entire, alternate. Flowers in axillary or terminal clusters. Calyx 5(-6)-toothed, not enlarging in fruit. Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped (in ours) with 5(-6) reflexed lobes,
c.1/4 as along as tube. Stamens arising at base of corolla tube. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a berry. Worldwide: 175 species in tropical America DRC: 0 cultivated taxa. |
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