3441.000 Pithecellobium Mart.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs, armed with spinescent stipules or stipels. Leaves bipinnate, not sensitive to touch; rhachis and pinnae usually with extra-floral nectaries; Leaflets 1-several pairs per pinna. Inflorescence pedunculate glomerules or corymbs aggregated into terminal or axillary panicles. Flowers uniform, 5-merous; calyx campanulate or tubular, shortly dentate; corolla tubular or infundibuliform, tube longer than lobes; stamens numerous united into a tube at base. Fruit pods straight or spirally contorted, usually dark brown outside and reddish-orange inside, flat, dehiscing along both sutures. Seeds brown or blackish, obovoid or asymmetric, testa hard, funicle developed into an aril.

Worldwide: 18 species in North and South America, including the Caribbean.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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dulce (Roxb.) Benth.

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Pithecellobium
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Pithecellobium

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pithecellobium
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pithecellobium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pithecellobium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pithecellobium
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iNaturalist: Pithecellobium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pithecellobium
JSTOR Plant Science: Pithecellobium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pithecellobium
Plants of the World Online: Pithecellobium
Tropicos: Pithecellobium
Wikipedia: Pithecellobium

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Pithecellobium.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1803, retrieved 19 March 2024

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