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3559.000 Caesalpinia
Description of the genus
Trees or climbing or sprawling shrubs, unarmed or bearing prickles. Stipules various. Leaves 2-pinnate; specialised glands on petiole or rhachis 0. Leaflets opposite. Inflorescence of medium to large flowers arranged in a raceme or panicle. Sepals free to the hypanthium. Petals subequal, 5, yellow. Stamens 10, usually all fertile. Pod not winged. Worldwide: c. 150 species, mianly in the tropics. |
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Other sources of information about Caesalpinia:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Caesalpinia pageFlora of Mozambique: Caesalpinia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Caesalpinia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Caesalpinia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Caesalpinia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Caesalpinia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Caesalpinia
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