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3471.000 Erythrophleum
Description of the genus
Unarmed trees. Stipules small, caducous. Leaves 2-pinnate; specialised glands on petiole or rhachis 0. Leaflets alternate. Inflorescence of small flowers in a pedunculate spike-like raceme, usually aggregated into a panicle. Calyx lobes 5, ± connate below. Petals equal, 5. Stamens 10; filaments often alternately long and short. Pod dehiscent, oblong or oblong-elliptic, flattened, woody. Derivation of name: Derived from the Greek words for 'red' and 'sap', referring to the red sap of E. suaveolens Worldwide: 9 species in the Old World tropics Zimbabwe: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africanum (Welw. ex Benth.) Harms | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan | E,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Erythrophleum
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ErythrophleumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Erythrophleum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Erythrophleum
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iNaturalist: Erythrophleum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Erythrophleum
JSTOR Plant Science: Erythrophleum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Erythrophleum
Plants of the World Online: Erythrophleum
Tropicos: Erythrophleum
Wikipedia: Erythrophleum
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