MORELLA Lour.
Mostly aromatic evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees with terminal buds. Leaves entire or coarsely toothed. Bracts subtending several ovaries or solitary, simple and 1-flowered; bracteoles present, often forming a small cup around the base of the ovary; ovary usually covered with persistent wax-secreting papillae. Fruit drupaceous. Derivation of name: From the Greek: myrike, meaning fragrance. Worldwide: About 25 species in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar. DRC: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| kandtiana Engl. | ||
| mildbraedii Engl. |