4558.000 Sclerocarya Hochst.

Description of the genus

Trees, mostly glabrous but hairs, if present, simple never stellate. Leaves alternate, crowded at ends of branches, imparipinnate, petiolate, entire or toothed. Flowers unisexual, in axillary or terminal, spike-like inflorescences. Sepals and petals 3-4(-5). Male flowers: stamens 15-25; pistillode 0. Female flowers slightly larger than male; staminodes ± developed; ovary 2-3(-4)-locular; styles 2-3; stigmas capitate. Drupe obovoid-subspherical with fleshy mesocarp and thick bony endocarp which is 3-operculate at apex. Seeds 2-3, flattened.

Worldwide: 4 species in tropical and South Africa

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

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Species	Content
birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst. subsp. caffra (Sond.) Kokwaro	Description, Image

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