Grevea Baill.

Mendes, E.J. (1978) Montiniaceae Flora Zambesiaca 4

Description of the genus

Small trees or shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite or subopposite, petiolate. Male flowers in terminal or axillary few-flowered inflorescences; bracts very small, obsolete or absent; calyx-tube cupular, truncate, subentire or shallowly 3-lobed; petals 3, inserted below the margin of the disk, imbricate; female flowers solitary, terminal; calyx-tube elongated, smooth and longitudinally striate, with usually 4 inconspicuous lobes, petals usually 4. Fruit indehiscent, crowned by the persistent style. Seeds horny.

Worldwide: Eight species in Africa and Madagascar.

Tanzania: 0 taxa.

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Flora of Kenya: Grevea
Flora of Mozambique: Grevea

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Grevea
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Grevea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Grevea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Grevea
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iNaturalist: Grevea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Grevea
JSTOR Plant Science: Grevea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Grevea
Plants of the World Online: Grevea
Tropicos: Grevea
Wikipedia: Grevea

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The Tanzania flora team (2026). Flora of Tanzania: Genus page: Grevea.
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