2673.000 Uvaria
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees, usually climbing or scrambling. Stamens numerous, linear or obconic; anther-thecae not septate. Inflorescence of solitary flowers or of few-flowered cymes, these terminal or extra-axillary, often leaf-opposed. Sepals 3. Petals 6, in two rows. Carpels, many, free in fruit, borne on a stipe, globular to cylindric, indehiscent, dry or succulent, sometimes edible. Worldwide: 110 species in the tropics of the Old World DRC: 2 taxa. |
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| angolensis Oliv. | VI,VIII,IX,XI | Image |
| laurentii De Wild. [End] [LR-lc] | III, VI | Image |
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