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3449.000 Hymenaea
TRACHYLOBIUM Hayne
Brummitt, R.K., Chikuni, A.C., Lock, J.M. & Polhill, R.M. (2007) Leguminosae Subfamily Caesalpinioideae Flora Zambesiaca 3(2)
Description of the genus
Trees, evergreen, unarmed. Leaves with a single pair of leaflets, with pellucid gland dots; petiolules short, twisted; stipules small, early caducous. Flowers in panicles, spirally arranged on the ultimate axes; bracts concave, caducous; bracteoles 2, enclosing the young bud, imbricate, caducous; hypanthium short; sepals 4, unequal (2 + 2), imbricate; petals 5 either 3 large and 2 minute or all 5 large. Stamens 10. Ovary stipitate, ovules usually 4. Pods ovoid or ellipsoidal, the epicarp hard with numerous prominent resin-filled vesicles, indehiscent; endocarp pithy-powdery. Seeds 1–3, without areole or aril. Worldwide: 15 species, mostly in New World tropics. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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