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5544.000 Terminalia
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs, without scales or microscopic stalked glands. Leaves spirally arranged, often crowded in terminal rosettes, sometimes on short shoots. Flowers usually in axillary spikes with male flowers towards the apex, bisexual towards base. Male flowers stalked, bisexual sessile. Petals 0. Stamens usually 10, exserted. Ovary inferior. Fruit 2-winged (in ours). Worldwide: 150 species in the tropics Zimbabwe: 4 cultivated taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| catappa L. | Description, Image |
| mantaly H. Perrier | Image |
| prunioides M.A. Lawson | Description, Image |
| sericea Burch. ex DC. | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Terminalia:
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Flora of Botswana: TerminaliaFlora of Caprivi: Terminalia
Flora of Malawi: Terminalia
Flora of Mozambique: Terminalia
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Terminalia
Flora of Zambia: Terminalia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Terminalia
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): TerminaliaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Terminalia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Terminalia
Wikipedia: Terminalia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Terminalia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Terminalia
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