Description
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Scandent shrubs or lianes. Stipules either laciniate and 5-9-lobed (orientalis) or oblong-triangular with 1 linear lobe. Leaves petiolate; domatia 0 or present in axils of secondary or even tertiary veins. Flowers bisexual, 4-5-merous. Inflorescences of panicles, terminal or on short axillary branches. Calyx limb-tube with 4-5 lobes. Corolla white or cream; tube cylindric to funnel-shaped; lobes 4-5, spreading or reflexed. Ovary 2(-3)-locular; ovule 1, ascending from the base of each loculus. Fruit yellow, orange or red, spherical, fleshy with 1 seed.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Rutidea Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1412
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Rutidea: Brief Summary
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Rutidea is a genus of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
Rutidea nigerica Bridson
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