Lumnitzera Willd.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Small trees or shrubs, evergreen leaves spiralled, densely crowded at apices of branchlets; lamina spathulate to narrowly oblanceolate, gradually narrowed into a short petiole, somewhat fleshy, glossy and glaborous when mature. Inflorescence spikes or racemes, several-flowered axillary or terminal. Calyx tube cylindric, not differentiated into proximal and distal parts; lobes 5; petals 5, red or white, rarely pink or yellow. Fruit fusiform or ellipsoid, obtusely angled, dry; apex bearing persistent calyx lobes and style.

Worldwide: 2 species in Asia, East Africa, Madagascar, north Australia and Pacific Islands.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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racemosa Willd.N,Z,MS,GI,MDescription, Image

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External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lumnitzera
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Lumnitzera
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Lumnitzera
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Lumnitzera
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Lumnitzera
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lumnitzera
JSTOR Plant Science: Lumnitzera
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lumnitzera
Plants of the World Online: Lumnitzera
Tropicos: Lumnitzera
Wikipedia: Lumnitzera

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Lumnitzera.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2251, retrieved 28 March 2024

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