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3553.000 Pterolobium
Description of the genus
Trees or (in ours) climbing or sprawling shrubs, bearing recurved prickles. Stipules small or 0. Leaves 2-pinnate; specialised glands on petiole or rhachis 0. Leaflets opposite. Inflorescence of racemes, often aggregated in a panicle, terminal or axillary. Calyx with short tube and longer lobes. Petals 5. Stamens 10, longer than petals. Pod an indehiscent, flattened, red samara with an oblique-oblong wing. Derivation of name: from the Greek pteron (wing) and lobion (pod). Worldwide: 11 species in the tropics of the Old World (one species in Africa) Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| stellatum (Forssk.) Brenan | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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Flora of Burundi: PterolobiumFlora of Malawi: Pterolobium
Flora of Mozambique: Pterolobium
Flora of Zambia: Pterolobium
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PterolobiumBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pterolobium
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pterolobium
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pterolobium
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iNaturalist: Pterolobium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pterolobium
JSTOR Plant Science: Pterolobium
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pterolobium
Plants of the World Online: Pterolobium
Tropicos: Pterolobium
Wikipedia: Pterolobium
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