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3490.010 Colophospermum
Description of the genus
Unarmed shrub or tree. Stipules small, caducous. Leaves with a single pair of large leaflets. Leaflets opposite, asymmetric, glabrous, with numerous translucent gland-dots, smelling of turpentine when crushed and with 7-12 prominent nerves arising from the point of attachment. Inflorescence a slender raceme or panicle. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 4. Petals 0. Stamens 20-25. Pods indehiscent, reniform, flattened, glandular. Seeds flattened, reniform, with numerous shining resin-glands. Derivation of name: Colophospermum: resin-seed, referring to the resinous glands on the seed Worldwide: 1 species, in Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, S Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
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Other sources of information about Colophospermum:
Flora of Mozambique: ColophospermumePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Colophospermum
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Colophospermum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Colophospermum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Colophospermum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Colophospermum
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