Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants
7742.000 Spathodea
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Description of the genus
Trees. Leaves opposite or in whorls, imparipinnate. Inflorescence of terminal corymbose racemes. Flowers orange-red. Calyx spathaceous, splitting open on one side to reveal the corolla. Corolla campanulate, ventricose, slightly 2-lipped. Stamens 4. Fruit an oblong capsule tapering at both ends; erect (in ours). Derivation of name: spathe-like (Greek) referring to the spathaceous calyx. Worldwide: 1 species in tropical Africa Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| Species | Content |
| campanulata P. Beauv. subsp. nilotica (Seem.) Bidgood | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): SpathodeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Spathodea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Spathodea
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Spathodea
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Spathodea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Spathodea
JSTOR Plant Science: Spathodea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Spathodea
Plants of the World Online: Spathodea
Tropicos: Spathodea
Wikipedia: Spathodea