8278.000 Tarenna Gaertn.

Description of the genus

Shrubs, sometimes scrambling, or trees. Leaves chartaceous to almost coriaceous. Stipules shortly sheathing, often with central area darkened. Inflorescences terminal on main and lateral branches, sometimes also with axillary inflorescences. Calyx with both limb-tube and lobes present. Corolla hairless or pubescent outside. Placenta ovate with 1-15 impressed ovules. Fruit often whitish when mature, 2-locular. Seeds 2-several per fruit, brown, smooth, with a circular excavation.

Worldwide: c. 50 species, throughout tropical Africa

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

Tarenna pavettoides subsp. affinis

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
luteola (Stapf) Bremek.N,W,CDescription, Image
pavettoides (Harv.) Sim subsp. affinis (K. Schum.) BridsonEDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Tarenna:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Tarenna
Flora of Burundi: Tarenna
Flora of Caprivi: Tarenna
Flora of Malawi: Tarenna
Flora of Mozambique: Tarenna
Flora of Zambia: Tarenna

External websites:

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

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: Genus page: Tarenna.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1376, retrieved 14 October 2024

Site software last modified: 25 February 2024 10:19am (GMT +2)
Terms of use