4421.010 Plukenetia L.

PTEROCOCCUS Hassk.

Leistner, O.A. (ed.) (2000) Seed plants of southern Africa: families and genera Strelitzia 10

Description of the genus

Herbs, undershrubs or, rarely shrubs, usually twining. Leaves alternate, petiolate, entire or toothed, 3-5 nerved from the base. Inflorescence leaf opposed or sometimes axillary racemes. Petals absent. Calyx with 4-5 lobes. Fruit a capsule, strongly 4-lobed, breaking into bi-valved, dorsally winged cocci. Seeds globose or compressed; cotyledons broad and flat.

Worldwide: About 15 species, mostly neotropical, 3 in Africa.

Zimbabwe: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
africana Sond.	N,W,E,S	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Plukenetia
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Flora of Mozambique: Plukenetia
Flora of Zambia: Plukenetia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Plukenetia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Plukenetia
JSTOR Plant Science: Plukenetia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Plukenetia
Plants of the World Online: Plukenetia
Tropicos: Plukenetia
Wikipedia: Plukenetia