8299.000 Feretia Delile

Description of the genus

Shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers sessile, bisexual, fragrant, in axillary pairs on reduced shoots on older wood. Corolla white to pink; lobes spreading to reflexed. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit spherical, fleshy.

Derivation of name: Pierre Victor Adolphe Ferret, 1814-1882, French military officer, explorer and plant collector.

Worldwide: 2 species in tropical Africa.

DRC: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
aeruginescens Stapf		Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Feretia
Flora of Caprivi: Feretia
Flora of Malawi: Feretia
Flora of Mozambique: Feretia
Flora of Zambia: Feretia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Feretia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Feretia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Feretia
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