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Wild, H. & Phipps, J.B. (1963) Simaroubaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1)
Trees or shrubs, sometimes climbing. Stipules 0. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, lacking gland-dots; the rhachis sometimes winged. Inflorescence a panicle. Flowers unisexual or bisexual. Sepals 4-5, partly fused. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10 (in ours). Disk annular. Ovary superior, 4-5-locular, each loculus with 1(-2) ovule. Fruit (in ours) a 4-5-lobed depressed-spherical berry. Worldwide: 13 genera and 110 species, tropical. DRC: 1 genus and 0 taxa. |
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