4563.000 Lannea A.Rich.

Description of the genus

Trees, shrubs or suffrutices, with the young parts and inflorescences stellately tomentose. Milky latex intermittently present in a few species. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate or 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate (and thus appearing simple), entire, sometimes with domatia. Panicles terminal or axillary, ± branched and pyramidal or spike-like. Male flowers: calyx 4-partite; petals 4; stamens 8. Female flowers: calyx and petals similar to males; staminodes present; ovary 4-locular; styles 3-4. Drupe obovoid or ovoid.

Derivation of name: derived from Latin = wool; the young parts are densely hairy.

Worldwide: 40 species in tropical Africa and Indomalesia.

Malawi: 7 taxa.

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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
discolor (Sond.) Engl.N,C,SDescription, Image
edulis (Sond.) Engl.C,SDescription, Image
gossweileri Exell & Mendonça subsp. tomentella (R.Fern. & A.Fern.) J.B.Gillett
schimperi (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Engl.S
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var. stuhlmannii (Engl.) KokwaroSDescription, Image
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl. var. tomentosa (Dunkley) KokwaroC,SDescription, Image
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl.[Agg]Description, Image

Other sources of information about Lannea:

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Flora of Botswana: Lannea
Flora of Burundi: Lannea
Flora of Caprivi: Lannea
Flora of Mozambique: Lannea
Flora of Zambia: Lannea
Flora of Zimbabwe: Lannea

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-25

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Lannea.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=880, retrieved 21 May 2025

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