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2783.000 Persea
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves without gland-dots. Flowers in many-flowered panicles with a long peduncle, bisexual. Perianth segments 6, ± equal (in ours). Style relatively long with a discoid stigma. Fruit large, pear-shaped. Worldwide: 200 species in tropical America and Asia Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| americana Mill. | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Persea:
Our websites:
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated PerseaFlora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Persea
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): PerseaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Persea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Persea
Wikipedia: Persea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Persea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Persea
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