4325.000 Hymenocardia Wall. ex Lindl.

Description of the genus

Dioecious trees or shrubs. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, with domatia and golden glands beneath. Male inflorescences axillary (in ours), laxly spicate or ± paniculate; female terminal, few-flowered. Male flowers: calyx cup-shaped, with 4-6(-8) imbricate lobes; petals 0; disk 0; stamens 4-6; pistillode present. Female flowers: sepals 4-6(-9); petals 0; disk 0; ovary 2-locular; ovules 2 per loculus; styles 2. Fruit 2-coccous, flattened, winged, dehiscent or not. Seeds 1 per coccus, flat, winged or not.

Worldwide: 6-7 species occurring in tropical and South Africa; one from SE Asia to Sumatra.

Zimbabwe: 4 taxa.

Hymenocardia acida var. acida

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

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
acida Tul.[Agg]W,C,EImage
acida Tul. var. acida W,C,EDescription, Image
acida Tul. var. mollis (Pax) Radcl.-Sm.C,EDescription
ulmoides Oliv.E,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Hymenocardia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Hymenocardia
Flora of Burundi: Hymenocardia
Flora of Caprivi: Hymenocardia
Flora of the DRC: Hymenocardia
Flora of Malawi: Hymenocardia
Flora of Mozambique: Hymenocardia
Flora of Zambia: Hymenocardia

External websites:

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

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: Hymenocardia.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=836, retrieved 12 December 2024

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