Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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4275.000 Securidaca
Description of the genus
Small trees or shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers zygomorphic, in terminal and axillary racemes. Sepals unequal, 5, the two lateral ones (wings) larger and petaloid, free. Petals 3 (occasionally 5 with 2 vestigial), free. Stamens 8. Ovary 1-locular. Fruit an indehiscent samara, usually 1-winged but sometimes with a second rudimentary wing. Seed 1, ecarunculate. Worldwide: 80 species in the tropics (excluding Australia) |
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Other sources of information about Securidaca:
Flora of Zimbabwe: native/naturalised Securidaca pageePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Securidaca
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Securidaca
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Securidaca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Securidaca
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Securidaca
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