3460.000 Newtonia Baill.

Description of the genus

Unarmed trees. Leaves 2-pinnate; rhachis with a gland between each pair of opposite pinnae. Flowers in sessile spikes. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5. Stamens 10. Pods dehiscing along one margin, the valves remaining attached along the other. Seeds with a membranous wing.

Derivation of name: after Portuguese naturalist, Francisco Xavier O'Kelly of Aguilar Azeredo Newton (1864-1909) of the Natural History Museum in Porto

Worldwide: 14 species in tropical Africa

Mozambique: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
buchananii (Baker) G.C.C. Gilbert & Boutique	Z,MS	Description, Image
hildebrandtii (Vatke) Torre var. hildebrandtii	Z,T,MS,M	Description, Image
hildebrandtii (Vatke) Torre var. pubescens Brenan	T,MS,GI	Description, Image
paucijuga (Harms) Brenan

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Flora of Burundi: Newtonia
Flora of the DRC: Newtonia
Flora of Malawi: Newtonia
Flora of Zambia: Newtonia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Newtonia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Newtonia

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Newtonia
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Newtonia
JSTOR Plant Science: Newtonia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Newtonia
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Wikipedia: Newtonia