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3828.000 Pterocarpus
Description of the genus
Trees. Stipules present, caducous; stipels 0. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets alternate to subopposite. Flowers in racemes or panicles; bracts and bracteoles generally small and caducous. Calyx slightly 5-lobed, upper 2 lobes ± connate. Corolla yellow to orange. Fruit flattened, indehiscent with a variously thickened, ± central, seed-bearing part and a surrounding wing. Seeds 1(-3) Derivation of name: from the Greek: pteron (wing) and carpos (fruit). Worldwide: c. 25 species in the tropics Mozambique: 8 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| angolensis DC. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| brenanii Barbosa & Torre | T,MS | Description, Image |
| lucens Guill. & Perr. subsp. antunesii (Taub.) Rojo | Z,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| megalocarpus Harms | N | |
| rotundifolius (Sond.) Druce subsp. martinii (Dunkley) Lock | T | |
| rotundifolius (Sond.) Druce subsp. polyanthus (Harms) Mendonça & E.P. Sousa | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| rotundifolius (Sond.) Druce subsp. rotundifolius | Z,T,MS,M | Description, Image |
| tinctorius Welw. | T | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Pterocarpus:
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Flora of Botswana: PterocarpusFlora of Burundi: Pterocarpus
Flora of Caprivi: Pterocarpus
Flora of the DRC: Pterocarpus
Flora of Malawi: Pterocarpus
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Pterocarpus
Flora of Zambia: Pterocarpus
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pterocarpus
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PterocarpusBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pterocarpus
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pterocarpus
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pterocarpus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pterocarpus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pterocarpus
JSTOR Plant Science: Pterocarpus
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pterocarpus
Plants of the World Online: Pterocarpus
Tropicos: Pterocarpus
Wikipedia: Pterocarpus
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