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4400.000 Macaranga
Description of the genus
Dioecious, rarely monoecious, trees or shrubs with simple hairs. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple (in ours) or lobed, entire or toothed, gland-dotted beneath. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, racemose or paniculate. Male flowers: calyx with 2-4 valvate lobes; petals and disk 0; stamens 2-4 (in ours); anthers 3-4-thecous; pistillode 0. Female flowers: calyx truncate or shallowly toothed; petals and disk as for males; ovary 1-3-locular; ovule 1 per loculus; styles 1-3. Fruit smooth or verrucose, ± dehiscent, usually glandular. Worldwide: 280 species in the tropics of the Old World Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| capensis (Baill.) Benth. ex Sim | N,Z,T,MS,M | Description, Image |
| mellifera Prain | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Macaranga:
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Flora of Burundi: MacarangaFlora of the DRC: Macaranga
Flora of Malawi: Macaranga
Flora of Rwanda: Macaranga
Flora of Zambia: Macaranga
Flora of Zimbabwe: Macaranga
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MacarangaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Macaranga
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Macaranga
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Macaranga
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Macaranga
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Macaranga
JSTOR Plant Science: Macaranga
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Macaranga
Plants of the World Online: Macaranga
Tropicos: Macaranga
Wikipedia: Macaranga
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