1944.000 Treculia Decne.

Description of the genus

Trees dioecious (sexes on separate trees) or sometimes monoecious. Leaves in two ranks; stipules amplexicaul (enclosing the bud). Inflorescences unisexual, sometimes bisexual, globose, borne in the leaf axils or on the older wood and branches. Pistillate (female) flowers lining the outer surface of a large receptacle (‘bread fruit’).

Worldwide: A genus of 3 species in Africa and Madagascar.

Malawi: 1 taxon.

Treculia africana subsp. africana var. africana

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africana Decne. subsp. africana var. africana N,SDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Treculia:

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Flora of Mozambique: Treculia
Flora of Zambia: Treculia

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Treculia.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1868, retrieved 29 March 2024

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