4798.000 Aporrhiza Radlk.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs. Leaves paripinnate. Inflorescence a terminal or axillary paniculate thyrse. Flowers actinomorphic; sepals 5; petals 5, slightly shorter than the sepals, unguiculate, each with 2 hairy scales formed by the inflexed margin above the claw; disk lobed. Stamens 6–8. Ovary 2-locular, loculi 1-ovulate; style short, 2-lobed. Fruit capsular. Seeds 1 in each loculus, with an arillode covering the lower half.

Worldwide: Species 4-6, in tropical Africa.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
paniculata Radlk.	Z,MS	Description, Image

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Flora of Malawi: Aporrhiza
Flora of Zambia: Aporrhiza
Flora of Zimbabwe: Aporrhiza

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Aporrhiza
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Aporrhiza
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Aporrhiza
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iNaturalist: Aporrhiza
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Aporrhiza
JSTOR Plant Science: Aporrhiza
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Aporrhiza
Plants of the World Online: Aporrhiza
Tropicos: Aporrhiza
Wikipedia: Aporrhiza

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Aporrhiza.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=909, retrieved 24 November 2024

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