Description
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Shrubs or trees. Leaves opposite or in whorls of 3 or 4, very rarely alternate, petiolate. Inflorescence terminal, thyrsoid. Bracts present. Flowers 4-merous. Corolla usually white or creamy; tube cylindric. Stamens exserted. Ovary superior. Fruit a capsule about as long as the persistent calyx.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Nuxia Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1090
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Nuxia: Brief Summary
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Nuxia is a genus of plants in the family Stilbaceae described as a genus in 1791. It was formerly placed in the Loganiaceae and Buddlejaceae families.
Nuxia is native to Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and certain islands in the Indian Ocean.
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