5275.000 Rawsonia Harv. & Sond.
Description of the genus
Evergreen shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate: lamina thick; margin spiny. Flowers in axillary spike-like racemes. Sepals 4-5 free. Petals larger than sepals with larger petaloid scales opposite each petal and with a fleshy gland at their base. Stamens numerous. Ovary 1-locular; stigmas 4-5. Fruit berry-like at first, later splitting longitudinally. Kenya: 1 taxon. |
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