Fernandes, R. & A. (1978) Melastomataceae Flora Zambesiaca 4
Small trees or shrubs, with rigid bristles. Branches 4-gonous. Leaves opposite, subentire. Flowers 4-merous, pedicellate, 2-bracteate, arranged in terminal panicles, produced before the leaves; bracts caducous. Sepals short, persistent; petals obovate or oblong. Ovary 4-locular, adnate to the receptacle by 8 septa. Fruit a capsule 4-valved. Seeds very numerous, obovoid or subpyramidal with hyaline papillae on the back. Worldwide: Over 40 species in tropical Africa. Tanzania: 0 taxa. |
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