4563.000 Lannea A.Rich.

Description of the genus

Trees, shrubs or suffrutices, with the young parts and inflorescences stellately tomentose. Milky latex intermittently present in a few species. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate or 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate (and thus appearing simple), entire. Panicles terminal or axillary, ± branched and pyramidal or spike-like. Male flowers: calyx 4-partite; petals 4; stamens 8. Female flowers: calyx and petals similar to males; staminodes present; ovary 4-locular; styles 3-4. Drupe obovoid or ovoid.

Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa and Indomalesia.

Lannea discolor

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SpeciesLinks to mapsFZ divisionsContent
discolor (Sond.) Engl.N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
edulis (Sond.) Engl. var. edulis N,W,C,E,SDescription, Image
edulis (Sond.) Engl. var. glabrescens (Engl.) Burtt DavyN,W,C
humilis (Oliv.) Engl.N,C
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var. stuhlmannii (Engl.) KokwaroN,W,E,SDescription, Image
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var. tomentosa (Dunkley) KokwaroN,W,C,E,SDescription
schweinfurthii [Agg]N,W,C,E,SImage

Other sources of information about Lannea:

Flora of Mozambique: Lannea
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Lannea
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Lannea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Lannea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lannea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Lannea

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, 2002-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. & Ballings, P. (2013). Flora of Zimbabwe: Genus page: Lannea.
http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=880, retrieved 21 May 2013

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