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2729.000 Annona
Description of the genus
Trees, shrubs or shrublets. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered cymes or fascicles, terminal or extra-axillary. Bracteoles 0-2, persistent. Sepals 3, much shorter than the petals. Petals 6, in two whorls, free or connate at base. Stamens numerous, linear to linear-clavate. Carpels numerous, united in fruit. Fruit ovoid-spherical to cylindric, many-seeded. Seeds irregularly arranged in the fruit; aril like a caruncle. Worldwide: 137 genera, mostly S American with a few (8) in Africa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| senegalensis Pers. subsp. senegalensis | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| stenophylla Engl. & Diels subsp. nana (Exell) N.Robson | T | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Annona:
Flora of Zimbabwe: AnnonaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Annona
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Annona
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Annona
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Annona
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Annona
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