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Rutaceae - Citropsis (Engl.) Swingle & M.Kellerm.

Description:

  • Trees or shrubs, with axillary spines
  • Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, (1-3)5- or 6-foliolate, with petiole and rachis winged; leaflets gland-dotted, with slightly crenate margin
  • Flowers in short, axillary racemes
  • Calyx (4)5-lobed, cupuliform
  • Petals (4)5
  • Stamens 8(10)
  • Disc annular
  • Ovary 4(5)-locular with 1 ovule in each locule; style elongate; stigma subglobose, 4(5)-lobed
  • Fruit baccate, globose, punctate with oil glands
  • x = 9

Nomenclature:

  • Citropsis (Engl.) Swingle & M.Kellerm.
    • Swingle & Kellerman: 419 (1914)
    • Mendonça: 193 (1963)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Global: Species ± 4, Africa
  • Southern Africa: Species 1: Citropsis daweana Swingle & M.Kellerm., Okavango and Caprivi (Namibia)

References:

  • MENDONÇA, F.A. 1963. 40. Rutaceae. Flora zambesiaca 2,1
  • SWINGLE, W.T. & KELLERMAN, W.A. 1914. Citropsis. In Journal of Agricultural Research (U.S.A.) 1

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