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4640.000 Elaeodendron
Description of the genus
Glabrous trees or shrubs. Stipules small, free, caducous. Leaves all opposite, or subopposite to alternate on young shoots. Inflorescence pedunculate to sessile, regularly dichasial, in axils of foliage leaves or prophylls; bracts persistent. Flowers bisexual (in ours) or unisexual. Sepals, petals and stamens 3-5. Stamens united with base of disk. Ovary superior, 2-3-locular. Fruit drupaceous, hard or ± fleshy. Seeds 1-2(-3), without an aril. Derivation of name: from Greek: elaia meaning olive, dendron meaning a tree, referring to the fruit’s likeness to real olives Worldwide: 15 species in the Old World tropics, South Africa, Central America and West Indies Malawi: 3 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| buchananii (Loes.) Loes. | N,S | |
| matabelicum Loes. | C,S | Description, Image |
| schlechterianum (Loes.) Loes. | S? | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Elaeodendron:
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Flora of Botswana: ElaeodendronFlora of Caprivi: Elaeodendron
Flora of Mozambique: Elaeodendron
Flora of Zambia: Elaeodendron
Flora of Zimbabwe: Elaeodendron
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Elaeodendron
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): ElaeodendronBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Elaeodendron
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Elaeodendron
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Elaeodendron
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Elaeodendron
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Elaeodendron
JSTOR Plant Science: Elaeodendron
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Elaeodendron
Plants of the World Online: Elaeodendron
Tropicos: Elaeodendron
Wikipedia: Elaeodendron
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