4889.000 Alphitonia Reissek ex Endl.

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

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate; lamina coriaceous, pinnately nerved, abaxially usually pale to white or reddish-brown tomentose. Inflorescence thyrses, branched, relatively open. Flowers perfect; sepals 5; petals 5; nectary disk annular, filling the floral tube. Fruit partly enclosed by the adherent nectary disk and floral tube, exocarp spongy, somewhat brittle, endocarp crustaceous, usually dehiscing along the ventral suture. Seeds with a thin reddish aril, often completely enclosing the seed.

Worldwide: 10-20 species in Malesia, Eastern Australia, Pacific Islands.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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excelsa Reissek ex Endl.

Other sources of information about Alphitonia:

External websites:

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

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: Alphitonia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1849, retrieved 14 December 2024

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