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5544.000 Terminalia
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs, without scales or microscopic stalked glands. Leaves spirally arranged, often crowded in terminal rosettes, sometimes on short shoots. Flowers usually in axillary spikes with male flowers towards the apex, bisexual towards base. Male flowers stalked, bisexual sessile. Petals 0. Stamens usually 10, exserted. Ovary inferior. Fruit 2-winged (in ours). Worldwide: 150 species in the tropics Caprivi: 8 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| brachystemma Welw. ex Hiern subsp. brachystemma | Description, Image |
| brachystemma × sericea | |
| mollis M.A. Lawson | Description, Image |
| prunioides M.A. Lawson | Description, Image |
| randii Baker f. | Description, Image |
| sericea Burch. ex DC. | Description, Image |
| stuhlmannii Engl. | Description, Image |
| trichopoda Diels | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Terminalia:
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Flora of Botswana: TerminaliaFlora of Burundi: Terminalia
Flora of Malawi: Terminalia
Flora of Mozambique: Terminalia
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Terminalia
Flora of Zambia: Terminalia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Terminalia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Terminalia
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): TerminaliaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Terminalia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Terminalia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Terminalia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Terminalia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Terminalia
JSTOR Plant Science: Terminalia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Terminalia
Plants of the World Online: Terminalia
Tropicos: Terminalia
Wikipedia: Terminalia
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