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1918.000 Maclura - Osage-oranges
Description of the genus
Dioecious spiny, scrambling shrubs or small trees. Leaves spiral; stipules lateral. Inflorescences axillary, spherical-capitate with yellow glands on tepals and bracts. Tepals 4. Stamens 4. Stigmas 1-2. Fruiting perianth enlarged, fleshy, yellow to orange. Derivation of name: After William Maclure (1763-1840), an American geologist Worldwide: 12 species from Indomalesia to Australia, Africa and America Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Maclura:
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Flora of Malawi: MacluraFlora of Mozambique: Maclura
Flora of Zambia: Maclura
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Maclura
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MacluraBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Maclura
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Maclura
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Maclura
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Maclura
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Maclura
JSTOR Plant Science: Maclura
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Maclura
Plants of the World Online: Maclura
Tropicos: Maclura
Wikipedia: Maclura
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