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.

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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

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Flora of Botswana: Ormocarpum
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Flora of Malawi: Ormocarpum
Flora of Zambia: Ormocarpum
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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ormocarpum
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ormocarpum
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Wikipedia: Ormocarpum