4275.000 Securidaca L.

Description of the genus

Small trees or shrubs. Leaves entire. Flowers zygomorphic, in terminal and axillary racemes. Sepals unequal, 5, the two lateral ones (wings) larger and petaloid, free. Petals 3 (occasionally 5 with 2 vestigial), free. Stamens 8. Ovary 1-locular. Fruit an indehiscent samara, usually 1-winged but sometimes with a second rudimentary wing. Seed 1, ecarunculate.

Worldwide: 80 species in the tropics (excluding Australia)

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

Securidaca longepedunculata

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longepedunculata Fresen.N,Z,T,MS,GI,MDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Securidaca:

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Flora of Botswana: Securidaca
Flora of Caprivi: Securidaca
Flora of Malawi: Securidaca
Flora of Zambia: Securidaca
Flora of Zimbabwe: Securidaca
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Securidaca

External websites:

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

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: Securidaca.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=825, retrieved 26 March 2023

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