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3792.000 Ormocarpum
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees. Stipules persistent; stipels 0. Leaves often fasciculate on short shoots, imparipinnate. Leaflets alternate or subopposite, entire. Flowers in axillary racemes or solitary. Bracts persistent. Bracteoles persistent, opposite. Calyx 5-lobed, the upper lobes partly fused. Pod consists of 1-6 indehiscent articles. Derivation of name: from Greek: ormos meaning a necklace and carpos a fruit, referring to the constrictions between the seeds. Worldwide: 20 species in tropical and warm Old World Mozambique: 6 taxa. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| kirkii S. Moore | N,Z,T,GI | Description, Image |
| schliebenii Harms[NrEnd][LR-nt] | N | Image |
| sennoides (Willd.) DC. subsp. zanzibaricum Brenan & J.B. Gillett | N | |
| sp. sensu FZ | Z | |
| trichocarpum (Taub.) Engl. | T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| zambesianum Verdc. | T | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Ormocarpum:
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Flora of Botswana: OrmocarpumFlora of Caprivi: Ormocarpum
Flora of Malawi: Ormocarpum
Flora of Zambia: Ormocarpum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ormocarpum
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): OrmocarpumFlora Zambesiaca web site: Ormocarpum
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ormocarpum
Wikipedia: Ormocarpum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ormocarpum
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ormocarpum
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