Wilczek, R. (1963) Tiliaceae Flore du Congo du Ruanda et du Burundi Volume X 1-91
Herbs or small shrubs, sometimes with annual stems from a woody rootstock, with simple or stellate hairs. Stipules lateral, usually setaceous or subacute. Leaves alternate, usually with a long bristle on either side near the base. Flowers in bracteate pedunculate cymes, ± opposite the leaves. Sepals 4-5, usually narrow. Petals yellow. Stamens 7 to many. Ovary 2-5-locular. Fruit (in ours) a cylindric, rarely narrowly ovoid (kirkii), capsule, loculicidally 2-5-valved. Derivation of name: from the Greek: khorkhorus, referring to jute, the fibre made from plants of this genus. Worldwide: 100 species in the tropics. Angola: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | Provinces | Content |
| aestuans L. | CN | Description, Image |
| angolensis Exell & Mendonça [NrEnd] | BE,BO,CN,CS,HI,LA,NA | |
| fascicularis Lam. | CN | Description, Image |
| olitorius L. | CN,CS,LA | Description, Image |
| tridens L. | CN,LA,MA | Description, Image |
| trilocularis L. | CN,HI,LA | Description, Image |