3559.000 Caesalpinia L.

Description of the genus

Trees or climbing or sprawling shrubs, unarmed or bearing prickles. Stipules various. Leaves 2-pinnate; specialised glands on petiole or rhachis 0. Leaflets opposite. Inflorescence of medium to large flowers arranged in a raceme or panicle. Sepals free to the hypanthium. Petals subequal, 5, yellow. Stamens 10, usually all fertile. Pod not winged.

Worldwide: c. 150 species, mainly in the tropics.

Zimbabwe: 4 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
cassioides Willd.	Image
decapetala (Roth) Alston	Description, Image
ferrea Tul.	Description, Image
pulcherrima (L.) Sw.	Image

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Flora of Mozambique: Caesalpinia
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Flora of Zambia: cultivated Caesalpinia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Caesalpinia

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