3474.000 Burkea Hook.

Description of the genus

Unarmed trees with rusty-tomentose young shoots. Stipules very small, caducous. Leaves 2-pinnate; specialised glands on petiole or rhachis 0. Leaflets alternate. Inflorescence of small flowers in an elongated, pendulous, catkin-like spike, usually aggregated into a panicle. Calyx lobes 5, ± connate below. Petals equal, 5. Stamens 10. Pod indehiscent, elliptic, flattened, coriaceous.

Derivation of name: After Joseph Burke

Worldwide: 1 species in western and southern Africa

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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Flora of Mozambique: Burkea
Flora of Zambia: Burkea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Burkea

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Wikipedia: Burkea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Burkea
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Burkea

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: Burkea.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=679, retrieved 21 March 2023

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