3956.000 Erythroxylum P. Browne

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs. Young branches distinctive, flattened, with raised lines decurrent from the petiole bases (particularly distinctive in E. emarginatum) Stipules persistent to caducous, completely united. Petals white to cream-yellow. Nectary appendage usually exceeding the calyx. Ovary (2-)3-locular. The two species of Erythroxylum are quite unlike each other in general appearance. Apart from the characters in the key, E. emarginatum has dark green, relatively thick, coriaceous leaves which are brittle and can be heard to crackle when folded and held against the ear. E. zambesiacum has thinly-textured leaves which are not brittle.

Worldwide: 230 species in the tropics, mostly America, and Madagascar

Botswana: 1 taxon.

Erythroxylum zambesiacum

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
zambesiacum N. RobsonNDescription, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Erythroxylum

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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Erythroxylum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Erythroxylum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Erythroxylum
Wikipedia: Erythroxylum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Erythroxylum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Erythroxylum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Erythroxylum.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=794, retrieved 20 March 2023

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