''Pavetta'' is a
genus
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of
flowering plant
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s in the
family
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Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with Petiole ( ...
. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands,
grasslands
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and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plants are cultivated for their simple but variable leaves, usually
opposite
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but also occur in triple whorls. The leaves are often membranous with dark bacterial nodules. ''Pavetta'' has small, white, tubular flowers, sometimes salviform or funnel-shaped with 4 spreading petal lobes. The flowers are carried on terminal
corymbs
Corymb is a botanical term for an inflorescence with the flowers growing in such a fashion that the outermost are borne on longer pedicels than the inner, bringing all flowers up to a common level. A corymb has a flattish top with a superficial re ...
or
cymes.
[Encyclopaedia of Garden Plants, C. Brickell, 1996, London, Royal Horticultural Society, .]
Gousiekte
Two ''Pavetta'' species, ''
Pavetta harborii
''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
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Pavetta schummaniana
''Pavetta'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It comprises about 360 species of trees, evergreen shrubs and sub-shrubs. It is found in woodlands, grasslands and thickets in sub-tropical and tropical Africa and Asia. The plan ...
'', harbor endophytic ''
Burkholderia
''Burkholderia'' is a genus of Pseudomonadota whose pathogenic members include the ''Burkholderia cepacia'' complex, which attacks humans and plants; ''Burkholderia mallei'', responsible for glanders, a disease that occurs mostly in horses and r ...
'' bacteria in visible leaf nodules and are known to cause gousiekte, a cardiotoxicosis of ruminants characterised by heart failure four to eight weeks after ingestion of certain rubiaceous plants.
Species
Selected species include:
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Pavetta axillipara
''Pavetta axillipara'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda ...
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Pavetta blanda
''Pavetta blanda'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to the Laccadive Islands, south India and Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylo ...
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Pavetta brachycalyx
''Pavetta brachycalyx'' is a species of plant in the family ''Rubiaceae''. It is endemic to Cameroon. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by h ...
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Pavetta capensis
''Pavetta capensis'', the Cape bride's bush, is a species of plant that was first described by Martinus Houttuyn, and given its current name by Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp. ''Pavetta capensis'' is part of the genus ''Pavetta'' and the family ...
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Pavetta gleniei
''Pavetta gleniei'' is a plant commonly found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest ...
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Pavetta holstii
''Pavetta holstii'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to ...
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Pavetta indica
''Pavetta indica'' is a plant commonly found in South and Southeast Asia, including in India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
Medicinal uses
The entire plant used medicinally as a bitter tonic, diuretic, inflammation, rheumatism, jaundice and ulcer. ...
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Pavetta intermedia
''Pavetta intermedia'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
References
intermedia
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Pavetta kimberleyana
''Pavetta kimberleyana'' is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is native to northern Australia where it is largely restricted to the Kimberley region of north-western Western Australia.
Description
It grows as a shrub or small tree ...
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Pavetta kupensis''
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Pavetta lasioclada''
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Pavetta linearifolia''
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Pavetta lynesii''
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Pavetta manyanguensis''
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Pavetta mollissima''
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Pavetta monticola''
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Pavetta muiriana''
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Pavetta nitidissima''
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Pavetta rubentifolia''
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Pavetta schumanniana''
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Pavetta sparsipila''
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Pavetta tarennoides''
Pictures
File:Pavetta capensis 1.jpg, ''Pavetta capensis
''Pavetta capensis'', the Cape bride's bush, is a species of plant that was first described by Martinus Houttuyn, and given its current name by Cornelis Eliza Bertus Bremekamp. ''Pavetta capensis'' is part of the genus ''Pavetta'' and the family ...
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File:Pavetta crassicaulis flowers in Hyderabad W IMG 8710.jpg, '' Pavetta crassicaulis''
File:Pavetta crassicaulis flower buds in Hyderabad W IMG 8707.jpg, '' Pavetta crassicaulis''
File:Pavetta indica 03.JPG, ''Pavetta indica
''Pavetta indica'' is a plant commonly found in South and Southeast Asia, including in India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
Medicinal uses
The entire plant used medicinally as a bitter tonic, diuretic, inflammation, rheumatism, jaundice and ulcer. ...
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File:Pavetta lanceolata, vrugte, a, Walter Sisulu NBT.jpg, '' Pavetta lanceolata''
File:Pavetta tomentosa W IMG_2868.jpg, '' Pavetta tomentosa''
References
External links
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World Checklist of Rubiaceae
{{Taxonbar, from=Q576868
Rubiaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot