Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants
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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 cultivated taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Persea:
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Flora of Burundi: PerseaFlora of Mozambique: cultivated Persea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Persea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PerseaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Persea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Persea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Persea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Persea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Persea
JSTOR Plant Science: Persea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Persea
Plants of the World Online: Persea
Tropicos: Persea
Wikipedia: Persea
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