3113.000 Thilachium Lour.

THYLACHIUM Lour.

Description of the genus

Shrub or small tree. Leaves simple and/or 3-foliolate. Inflorescences of corymbose racemes. Calyx entire and closed in bud, rupturing transversely on expansion. Petals 0. Stamens many in a column. Ovary on a long gynophore. Fruit indehiscent, with 8-10 longitudinal ribs.

Worldwide: 10 species in eastern and SE Africa and Madagascar

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
africanum Lour.	S	Description, Image

Other sources of information about Thilachium:

Our websites:

Flora of Mozambique: Thilachium
Flora of Zimbabwe: Thilachium

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Thilachium
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Thilachium
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Thilachium
Wikipedia: Thilachium
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Thilachium
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Thilachium

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Thilachium.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=634, retrieved 28 March 2023

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