2136.000 Ximenia L.

Description of the genus

Root-parasitic shrubs or small trees, usually with axillary spines. Leaves obtuse or mucronulate. Flowers axillary. Calyx 4(-5)-lobed, not accrescent. Petals 4(-5), linear-oblong, later recurved, densely bearded within, ± glabrous outside. Stamens 8 (in ours); staminodes 0. Fruit a drupe with a large stone.

Derivation of name: after Francisco Ximenez, a Spanish monk who wrote about the plants of Mexico in the 17th century

Worldwide: 8 species in the tropics.

Mozambique: 3 taxa.

Ximenia americana var. microphylla

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
americana L. var. microphylla Welw. ex Oliv.N,Z,T,MS,GI,MDescription, Image
caffra Sond. var. caffra N,Z,T,MS,GI,MDescription, Image
caffra Sond. var. natalensis Sond.N,ZDescription

Other sources of information about Ximenia:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Ximenia
Flora of Caprivi: Ximenia
Flora of Malawi: Ximenia
Flora of Zambia: Ximenia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ximenia

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Ximenia.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=507, retrieved 29 March 2023

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