Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
7733.000 Tecoma
TECOMARIA (Endl.) Spach
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves imparipinnate, opposite; leaflets toothed. Flowers in terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx cupular, 5-dentate. Corolla yellow (in the one naturalised species),orange, red or other colours in cultivated species. Stamens 4, didynamous; filaments with stalked glands below; staminode 0 or 1. Fruit a linear-oblong capsule. Seeds with hyaline wings. Worldwide: 13 species in tropical and South Africa and tropical America Zimbabwe: 5 cultivated taxa. |
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Links to cultivated taxa View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| castanifolia (D. Don) Melchior | |
| fulva (Cav.) G. Don subsp. garrocha (Hieron.) J.R.I Wood | |
| fulva (Cav.) G.Don subsp. guarume (DC.) J.R.I. Wood | |
| stans (L.) Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth | Description, Image |
| weberbauriana Kranzl |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TecomaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Tecoma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Tecoma
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Tecoma
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iNaturalist: Tecoma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Tecoma
JSTOR Plant Science: Tecoma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Tecoma
Plants of the World Online: Tecoma
Tropicos: Tecoma
Wikipedia: Tecoma