3792.000 Ormocarpum P. Beauv.

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.

Ormocarpum zambesianum

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

SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
kirkii S. MooreN,Z,T,GIDescription, Image
schliebenii Harms[NrEnd][LR-nt]NImage
sennoides (Willd.) DC. subsp. zanzibaricum Brenan & J.B. GillettN
sp. sensu FZ Z
trichocarpum (Taub.) Engl.T,MS,GI,MDescription, Image
zambesianum Verdc.TDescription, Image

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

External websites:

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

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: Ormocarpum.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=737, retrieved 19 March 2024

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