Description
Small tree, to 5 m. Leaves alternate, ovate; base cordate; apex acuminate. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Sepals 5. Petals 5, pink. Fruit a spiny ovoid capsule.
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© Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe
Author: Mark Hyde
Author: Bart Wursten
Author: Petra Ballings
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2011). Bixa Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 30 November 2011 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1586
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- 2011-12-01 02:32:17 UTC
