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Family: Achariaceae
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Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales
Thirty genera and 145 species (pantropical), with six genera
and seven species native to southern Africa. An additional three species are
cultivated in southern Africa.
Genera native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Acharia tragodes
Endemic to southern Africa. |
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Ceratiosicyos laevis
Endemic to
southern Africa. See KwaZulu-Natal Wildflowers by
Elsa Pooley p. 540. |
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Guthriea capensis
Endemic to southern Africa. |
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Kiggelaria africana (Wild peach)
A tree with separate male and female flowers found from
the Cape to tropical Africa. The sole member of its genus. Previously placed in
the Flacourtiaceae or the Kiggelariaceae. |
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Rawsonia lucida
One of two species in the genus. Previously placed in the Flacourtiaceae. |
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Xylotheca Ten species in
the genus, of which two are recorded in southern Africa -
Xylotheca kraussiana and Xylotheca tettensis
(recorded from Zimbabwe and Mozambique. This genus is considered to be synonymous with
Oncoba by some publications. Previously placed in the Flacourtiaceae. |
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Other genera, cultivated in southern Africa
From Glen (2002).
Hydnocarpus
Three species cultivated: Hydnocarpus kurzii (Chaulmoogra tree)
(native to India and Burma), Hydnocarpus laurifolia (native to
India), and Hydnocarpus pentandra (also native to India). |
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Publications
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Killick, D.J.B. 1976. Achariaceae. Flora of
southern Africa 22: 128-134.
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Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated plants of
southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.
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