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8299.000 Feretia
Description of the genus
Shrubs. Leaves opposite. Flowers sessile, bisexual, fragrant, in axillary pairs on reduced shoots on older wood. Corolla white to pink; lobes spreading to reflexed. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit spherical, fleshy. Derivation of name: Pierre Victor Adolphe Ferret, 1814-1882, French military officer, explorer and plant collector. Worldwide: 2 species in tropical Africa. Botswana: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aeruginescens Stapf | N | Description, Image |
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Flora of Caprivi: FeretiaFlora of Malawi: Feretia
Flora of Mozambique: Feretia
Flora of Zambia: Feretia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Feretia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Feretia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): FeretiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Feretia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Feretia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Feretia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Feretia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Feretia
JSTOR Plant Science: Feretia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Feretia
Plants of the World Online: Feretia
Tropicos: Feretia
Wikipedia: Feretia
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