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3474.000 Burkea
Description of the genus
Unarmed trees with rusty-tomentose young shoots. Stipules very small, caducous. Leaves 2-pinnate; specialised glands on petiole or rhachis 0. Leaflets alternate. Inflorescence of small flowers in an elongated, pendulous, catkin-like spike, usually aggregated into a panicle. Calyx lobes 5, ± connate below. Petals equal, 5. Stamens 10. Pod indehiscent, elliptic, flattened, coriaceous. Derivation of name: After Joseph Burke Worldwide: 1 species in western and southern Africa |
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| africana Hook. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | NWCES | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Burkea:
Flora of Mozambique: BurkeaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Burkea
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Burkea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Burkea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Burkea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Burkea
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