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Saraca
Zuijderhoudt, G.F.P. (1968) A Revision of the genus Saraca L. (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) Blumea 15(2) 413-425
Description of the genus
Shrubs or trees. Leaves paripinnate, 1-7-jugate. Leaflets subsessile, ovate to lanceolate, acute or, mostly acuminate. Pedicels with 2 (sub)opposite bracteoles. Flowers bisexual, or functionally male (with a reduced ovary), in mostly rather dense, ± subglobular corymbs, terminal or axillary or on old nodes, sometimes cauliflorous. Calyx with a cylindric tube, with 4(—6) petaloid, glabrous, subequal, yellow to red lobes. Petals absent. Stamens 4-8. Ovary oblong to lanceolate; style filiform; ovules many. Pod flattened, roundish to oblong-lanceolate, woody or coriaceous, 2-valved. Worldwide: 8 species in SE Asia and Malesia Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| Species | Content |
| asoca (Roxb.) W.J. de Wilde | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SaracaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Saraca
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Saraca
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Saraca
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iNaturalist: Saraca
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Saraca
JSTOR Plant Science: Saraca
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Saraca
Plants of the World Online: Saraca
Tropicos: Saraca
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