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4563.000 Lannea
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs or suffrutices, with the young parts and inflorescences stellately tomentose. Milky latex intermittently present in a few species. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate or 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate (and thus appearing simple), entire, sometimes with domatia. Panicles terminal or axillary, ± branched and pyramidal or spike-like. Male flowers: calyx 4-partite; petals 4; stamens 8. Female flowers: calyx and petals similar to males; staminodes present; ovary 4-locular; styles 3-4. Drupe obovoid or ovoid. Derivation of name: derived from Latin = wool; the young parts are densely hairy. Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa and Indomalesia. Caprivi: 6 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Content |
| discolor (Sond.) Engl. | Description, Image |
| edulis (Sond.) Engl. var. edulis | Description, Image |
| gossweileri Exell & Mendonça var. gossweileri | |
| schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl.[Agg] | Description, Image |
| schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var. stuhlmannii (Engl.) Kokwaro | Description, Image |
| schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var. tomentosa (Dunkley) Kokwaro | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Lannea:
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Flora of Malawi: Lannea
Flora of Mozambique: Lannea
Flora of Zambia: Lannea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lannea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LanneaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lannea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lannea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lannea
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iNaturalist: Lannea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lannea
JSTOR Plant Science: Lannea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lannea
Plants of the World Online: Lannea
Tropicos: Lannea
Wikipedia: Lannea
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