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Genus: Hymenodictyon
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
Twenty species, found in the Old World, with two species
native to southern Africa and a further species that is cultivated in
the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Hymenodictyon floribundum
Native to tropical Africa, including Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Hymenodictyon parvifolium
Native to tropical Africa, including Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa
(Limpopo and Mpumalanga). See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Other species, cultivated in the region
List from Glen (2002).
Hymenodictyon orixense
Native to tropical Asia. |
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Publications
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Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. 1988. Flora
of Tropical East Africa. Rubiaceae (part 2): 415-747.
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of
Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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