5872.000 Cussonia Thunb.

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

Cussonia arborea

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
arborea Hochst. ex A. Rich.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
natalensis Sond.W,C,E,SDescription, Image
spicata Thunb.N,C,E,SDescription, Image

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Other sources of information about Cussonia:

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Cussonia page
Flora 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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Cussonia.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1032, retrieved 19 May 2013

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