4563.000 Lannea A.Rich.

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. 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.

Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa and Indomalesia.

Lannea discolor

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
antiscorbutica (Hiern) Engl.MDescription
discolor (Sond.) Engl.T,MS,MDescription, Image
edulis (Sond.) Engl. var. edulis N,Z,T,MSDescription, Image
schimperi (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Engl.N,Z,MS
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var. stuhlmannii (Engl.) KokwaroN,Z,MS,GI,MDescription, Image
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var. tomentosa (Dunkley) KokwaroTDescription

Other sources of information about Lannea:

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

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: Lannea.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=880, retrieved 20 June 2013

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