7745.000 Stereospermum Cham.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite, imparipinnate. Inflorescence a large, terminal, many-flowered panicle. Calyx campanulate or tubular, irregularly 2-5-lobed. Corolla slightly zygomorphic, pinkish; tube funnel-shaped; lobes patent. Disk entire or 5-lobed. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule strongly linear-cylindric. Seeds winged.

Worldwide: 15 species in the Old World tropics

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

Stereospermum kunthianum

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kunthianum Cham.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Stereospermum:

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Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Stereospermum
Flora of Malawi: Stereospermum
Flora of Mozambique: Stereospermum
Flora of Zambia: Stereospermum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Stereospermum

External websites:

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

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: Cultivated plants: genus page: Stereospermum.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=1308, retrieved 29 March 2024

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