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Genus: Keetia
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
About 40 species, occurring in tropical Africa, with two
species native to southern Africa.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Keetia gueinzii
Subsaharan distribution, extending as far south as the Eastern Cape, South
Africa. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Keetia venosa (Raisin-fruit keetia)
Distribution extends from the West African tropics to Mozambique and
Zimbabwe. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Publications
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Bridson, D.M. 1986. The reinstatement of the
African genus Keetia (Rubiaceae subfam. Cinchonoideae, tribe
Vanguerieae). Kew Bulletin 41: 965-994.
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Bridson, D.M. 1998. Rubiaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 5,2: 211-377.
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