3467.000 Elephantorrhiza Benth.

Description of the genus

Small trees, shrubs or suffrutices, unarmed. Leaves 2-pinnate; rhachis eglandular. Inflorescences of axillary spike-like racemes, solitary or clustered. Calyx with 5 teeth. Petals 5, free. Stamens 10. Anthers with a caducous apical gland. Pod straight or ± curved; at maturity the valves separating from the persistent margins, the outer layer of the pod wall often peeling off the inner layer, the layers remaining intact or breaking irregularly. Seeds ± flattened.

Worldwide: 9 species in tropical and South Africa

Zimbabwe: 6 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
burkei Benth.	W	Description, Image
elephantina (Burch.) Skeels	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
goetzei (Harms) Harms[Agg]	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
goetzei (Harms) Harms subsp. goetzei	N,W,C,E,S	Description, Image
goetzei (Harms) Harms subsp. lata Brenan & Brummitt	N,W,C
suffruticosa Schinz	C,E,S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Elephantorrhiza:

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Flora of Botswana: Elephantorrhiza
Flora of Caprivi: Elephantorrhiza
Flora of Malawi: Elephantorrhiza
Flora of Mozambique: Elephantorrhiza
Flora of Zambia: Elephantorrhiza

External websites:

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