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3509.000 Afzelia
Description of the genus
Unarmed trees. Leaves paripinnate; specialised glands on petiole and rhachis 0. Leaflets opposite or subopposite; petiolule twisted; lamina with a small dot-like gland on the under-surface of each leaflet near the margin on the side nearest the leaf base. Inflorescence a simple raceme or racemes arranged in panicles. Flowers arranged spirally. Bracteoles large, caducous. Calyx tube elongate. Sepals 4, unequal. Petal 1, large, clawed, the others incompletely developed or 0. Stamens (in ours) normally 7 fertile and 2 staminodes. Style long with a small stigma. Pod dehiscent, with 2 thick valves. Seeds embedded in a white pith with a basal, brightly coloured, aril. Worldwide: 12 species in the Old World tropics, 2 species in the Flora Zambesiaca region, 2 species in Zambia |
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Other sources of information about Afzelia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Afzelia pageFlora of Mozambique: Afzelia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Afzelia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Afzelia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Afzelia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Afzelia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Afzelia
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