Avicennia
Overview page. Subjects: Plant Sciences and Forestry.
(family Verbenaceae or Avicenniaceae)
A genus of small trees which have greyish, opposite leaves. The flowers are small and regular, the calyx and corolla imbricate, the ovary...
Gmelina
Overview page. Subjects: Plant Sciences and Forestry.
(family Verbenaceae)
A genus of trees that yield good timber. G. arborea yemane is now extensively cultivated. There are 35 species, 2 occurring in Africa and the Mascarenes, the...
Lantana
Overview page. Subjects: Plant Sciences and Forestry.
(family Verbenaceae)
A genus of shrubs which produce showy flower heads. Several are cultivated as ornamentals. There are 150 species, occurring in tropical America and Africa....
Petraeovitex
Overview page. Subjects: Plant Sciences and Forestry.
(family Verbenaceae)
A genus of slender, woody climbers, some of which are cultivated as ornamentals for their coloured flower bracts. There are 7 species, occurring from Malesia...
Tectona
Overview page. Subjects: Plant Sciences and Forestry.
(family Verbenaceae)
A genus of deciduous trees that have big, opposite leaves. The flowers are small and held in big terminal panicles. The fruit is surrounded by the inflated...
