4325.000 Hymenocardia Wall. ex Lindl.

Description of the genus

Dioecious trees or shrubs. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, entire, with domatia and golden glands beneath. Male inflorescences axillary (in ours), laxly spicate or ± paniculate; female terminal, few-flowered. Male flowers: calyx cup-shaped, with 4-6(-8) imbricate lobes; petals 0; disk 0; stamens 4-6; pistillode present. Female flowers: sepals 4-6(-9); petals 0; disk 0; ovary 2-locular; ovules 2 per loculus; styles 2. Fruit 2-coccous, flattened, winged, dehiscent or not. Seeds 1 per coccus, flat, winged or not.

Worldwide: 6-7 species occurring in tropical and S Africa; one from SE Asia to Sumatra.

Hymenocardia acida var. acida

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
acida Tul. var. acida N,Z,MSDescription, Image
acida Tul. var. mollis (Pax) Radcl.-Sm.N,Z,T,MSDescription
acida Tul.[Agg]N,Z,T,MS
ulmoides Oliv.N,Z,MS,GI,MDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Hymenocardia:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Hymenocardia
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Hymenocardia
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Hymenocardia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Hymenocardia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Hymenocardia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Hymenocardia

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Hymenocardia.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=836, retrieved 22 May 2013

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