4769.000 Haplocoelum Radlk.

Description of the genus

Dioecious trees or shrubs. Leaves paripinnate. Inflorescence short, raceme-like. Flowers unisexual, actinomorphic. Sepals 5-6. Petals 0. Stamens 5-6, inserted in centre of disk. Ovary trigonous, 3-locular; loculi with 1 ovule. Stigma 3-lobed. Fruit 1-seeded by abortion, indehiscent. Seed with an arillode nearly covering the seed.

Worldwide: 7 spp. in tropical Africa and Madagascar.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
foliolosum (Hiern) Bullock subsp. foliolosum N,TDescription

Other sources of information about Haplocoelum:

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

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: Haplocoelum.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=906, retrieved 18 May 2013

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