2673.000 Uvaria L.

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.

Uvaria laurentii

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SpeciesBotanical divisionsContent
angolensis Oliv. VI,VIII,IX,XIImage
laurentii De Wild. [End] [LR-lc]III, VIImage

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Uvaria
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Uvaria
JSTOR Plant Science: Uvaria
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Uvaria
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Tropicos: Uvaria
Wikipedia: Uvaria

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