Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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3873.000 Strongylodon
Description of the genus
Woody climbers. Leaves with 3 leaflets. Flowers borne in long axillary pedunculate racemes; standard markedly recurved; keel petals long, curved. Stamens 10, diadelphous. Fruit an ovate-oblong pod. Derivation of name: from the Greek: strongylos meaning round and odous or odontos meaning tooth; referring to the rounded teeth of the calyx. Worldwide: 12 species occurring from Madagascar to Polynesia and especially in the Philippines. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): StrongylodonBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Strongylodon
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Strongylodon
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Strongylodon
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Strongylodon
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Strongylodon
JSTOR Plant Science: Strongylodon
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Strongylodon
Plants of the World Online: Strongylodon
Tropicos: Strongylodon
Wikipedia: Strongylodon
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