Genus: Rytigynia
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
About 70
species, native to tropical Africa, with five 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.
Rytigynia celastroides
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Rytigynia decussata
Recorded from Mozambique. |
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Rytigynia macrura
(Large-fruit coffee-medlar)
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Rytigynia uhligii
Recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Rytigynia umbellulata |
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Publications
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Bridson, D.M. 1998. Rubiaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 5,2: 211-377.
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Verdcourt, B. 1987. Notes on African Rubiaceae
- Vanguerieae. Kew Bulletin 42: 123-199.
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Verdcourt, B. & Bridson, D.M. 1991. Flora
of Tropical East Africa. Rubiaceae (part 3): 1-956.
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