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Dioecious trees. Leaves imparipinnate. Flowers unisexual, but male and female flowers appearing little different, borne in congested cymes (in ours). Calyx 5-lobed. Petals 5, free. Filaments 10, united in the lower half with anthers inserted between a pair of triangular appendages. Ovary 2-3(-4)-locular. Stigma capitate. Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seeds large, almost completely covered (in ours) by a bright red aril. Derivation of name: from tricheilos, 3-lipped or tricha, in threes, referring to the 3-locular fruit Worldwide: 84 species in the tropics of America and Africa Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| capitata Klotzsch | S | Description, Image |
| dregeana Sond. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| emetica Vahl subsp. emetica | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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