3990.000 Zanthoxylum L.

FAGARA L.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs, armed with prickles. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate. Leaflets in (1-)2-12(or more) pairs, opposite or alternate, sessile or petiolulate, usually ± asymmetric. Inflorescence of panicles or of racemes borne at the base of new branches below the leaves. Flowers unisexual by abortion. Fruit a dehiscent, spherical or subspherical, glandular-foveolate, 1-seeded follicle. Seed ± spherical, black, shiny.

Worldwide: c. 250 species in America, Africa and Asia

Rwanda: 5 taxa.

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SpeciesContent
chalybeum Engl. var. chalybeum Image
gilletii (De Wild.) P.G. WatermanImage
mildbraedii (Engl.) P.G.Waterman
renieri (G.C.C.Gilbert) P.G.Waterman
usambarense (Eng.) Kokwaro

Other sources of information about Zanthoxylum:

Our websites:

Flora of Botswana: Zanthoxylum
Flora of Burundi: Zanthoxylum
Flora of the DRC: Zanthoxylum
Flora of Malawi: Zanthoxylum
Flora of Mozambique: Zanthoxylum
Flora of Zambia: Zanthoxylum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Zanthoxylum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Zanthoxylum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Zanthoxylum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Zanthoxylum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Zanthoxylum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Zanthoxylum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Zanthoxylum
JSTOR Plant Science: Zanthoxylum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Zanthoxylum
Plants of the World Online: Zanthoxylum
Tropicos: Zanthoxylum
Wikipedia: Zanthoxylum

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