3471.000 Erythrophleum Afzel. ex G. Don

Description of the genus

Unarmed trees. Stipules small, caducous. Leaves 2-pinnate; specialised glands on petiole or rhachis 0. Leaflets alternate. Inflorescence of small flowers in a pedunculate spike-like raceme, usually aggregated into a panicle. Calyx lobes 5, ± connate below. Petals equal, 5. Stamens 10; filaments often alternately long and short. Pod dehiscent, oblong or oblong-elliptic, flattened, woody.

Derivation of name: Derived from the Greek words for 'red' and 'sap', referring to the red sap of E. suaveolens

Worldwide: 9 species in the Old World tropics

Malawi: 2 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
africanum (Welw. ex Benth.) HarmsSDescription, Image
suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) BrenanN,SDescription, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Erythrophleum
Flora of Caprivi: Erythrophleum
Flora of Mozambique: Erythrophleum
Flora of Zambia: Erythrophleum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Erythrophleum
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Erythrophleum

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Erythrophleum
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JSTOR Plant Science: Erythrophleum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Erythrophleum
Plants of the World Online: Erythrophleum
Tropicos: Erythrophleum
Wikipedia: Erythrophleum

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: Erythrophleum.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=678, retrieved 29 March 2024

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