Description
Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, simple. Inflorescences of showy flowers in axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx turbinate or hemispherical, usually 5-8-lobed; tube straight. Petals 5-8, clawed; limb often crinkled or fringed. Stamens numerous. Ovary 3-6-locular. Fruit a woody capsule, loculicidally dehiscent by 3-6 valves. Seeds winged.
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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. (2002-2012). Lagerstroemia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 5 June 2012 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1825
Revisions
- 2012-06-06 11:40:58 UTC
- 2011-12-01 02:32:21 UTC
