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4800.000 Blighia
Description of the genus
Shrubs or trees. Leaves paripinnate with 2-5 leaflets. Inflorescence an axillary raceme-like thyrse. Flowers actinomorphic. Sepals 5, connate. Petals present, well-developed, not or scarcely exceeding the sepals, 5, pouch-like. Ovary 3-locular; each loculus of ovary with 1 ovule Fruit a 3-lobed, 3-winged dehiscent capsule. Seed with a fleshy arillode enclosing the base. Worldwide: 4 species in tropical Africa Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Blighia:
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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated BlighiaFlora of Malawi: Blighia
Flora of Mozambique: Blighia
Flora of Zambia: Blighia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): BlighiaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Blighia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Blighia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Blighia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Blighia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Blighia
JSTOR Plant Science: Blighia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Blighia
Plants of the World Online: Blighia
Tropicos: Blighia
Wikipedia: Blighia
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