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3803.000 Arachis
Description of the genus
Annual (ours) or perennial herbs. Leaves paripinnate, 4-foliolate. Stipules persistent, apiculate, partly adnate to the petiole. Inflorescences axillary dense sessile 2-7-flowered spikes. Bracts 2-apiculate. Flowers yellow with red markings. Calyx 5-lobed; the 4 upper joined. Pod 1-6-seeded, maturing underground, constricted between the seeds, but not jointed, indehiscent; the walls thick and reticulate. Worldwide: c.20 species in S America |
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Other sources of information about Arachis:
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Arachis pageFlora of Mozambique: Arachis
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Arachis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Arachis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Arachis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Arachis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Arachis
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