Brya P. Browne

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

Description of the genus

Shrubs or small trees, erect, prickly, deciduous. Stipules spinescent and persistent, or inconspicuous and caduceus. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 1-many, but usually trifoliate, fascicled or clustered. Inflorescence cymes of fascicles, few flowered, short axillary or terminal; bracts or bracteoles small and persistent. Flowers usually yellow; calyx lobes sub-equal or lower lobe longer; keel incurved, blunt; wings falcate-oblong. Fruit pods, sessile or shortly stalked, with 1-2 broad, flat indehiscent joints; upper joint usually sterile, lower suture curved. Seeds reniform.

Worldwide: 12 species from the West Indies and especially Cuba

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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ebenus (L.) DC.

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External websites:

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

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: Brya.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=2290, retrieved 14 December 2024

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