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3553.000 Pterolobium
Description of the genus
Trees or (in ours) climbing or sprawling shrubs, bearing recurved prickles. Stipules small or 0. Leaves 2-pinnate; specialised glands on petiole or rhachis 0. Leaflets opposite. Inflorescence of racemes, often aggregated in a panicle, terminal or axillary. Calyx with short tube and longer lobes. Petals 5. Stamens 10, longer than petals. Pod an indehiscent, flattened, red samara with an oblique-oblong wing. Worldwide: 11 species in the tropics of the Old World (one species in Africa) |
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| stellatum (Forssk.) Brenan | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Pterolobium:
Flora of Mozambique: PterolobiumePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Pterolobium
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Pterolobium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Pterolobium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pterolobium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Pterolobium
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