Flora of Mozambique: Cultivated plants
3939.000 Averrhoa
Bailey, L.H. (1949) Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York.
Description of the genus
Evergreen trees. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; leaflets several to many, alternate or subopposite, entire. Flowers small, borne in short clusters, sometimes on the branches or beneath the leaves. Sepals 5. Petals 5, white, red or purple. Stamens 10. Fruit pendulous, fleshy, lobed or furrowed longitudinally. Derivation of name: after Averrhoes, 1149-1217, Arabian physician. Worldwide: 2 species from tropical Asia Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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| carambola L. | Description, Image |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AverrhoaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Averrhoa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Averrhoa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Averrhoa
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iNaturalist: Averrhoa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Averrhoa
JSTOR Plant Science: Averrhoa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Averrhoa
Plants of the World Online: Averrhoa
Tropicos: Averrhoa
Wikipedia: Averrhoa