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5872.000 Cussonia
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Stipules often conspicuous. Leaves long-petiolate, varying from simple and palmate to digitately compound, often grouped in an umbrella-shaped arrangement at the ends of branches. Leaflets very variable, often long-acuminate. Inflorescences spicate (in ours). Flowers with (4-)5 greenish petals. Stamens (4-)5. Ovary 2-locular. Styles 2. Worldwide: 25 species in tropical and southern Africa and the Mascarene Is |
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| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| arborea Hochst. ex A. Rich. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| natalensis Sond. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| spicata Thunb. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Key to Species
Display keyOther sources of information about Cussonia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cussonia pageFlora of Mozambique: Cussonia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cussonia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cussonia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cussonia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cussonia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cussonia
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