Description
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Trees, mostly glabrous but hairs, if present, simple never stellate. Leaves alternate, crowded at ends of branches, imparipinnate, petiolate, entire or toothed. Flowers unisexual, in axillary or terminal, spike-like inflorescences. Sepals and petals
3-4(-5). Male flowers: stamens 15-25; pistillode 0. Female flowers slightly larger than male; staminodes ± developed; ovary 2-3(-4)-locular; styles 2-3; stigmas capitate. Drupe obovoid-subspherical with fleshy
mesocarp and thick bony endocarp which is 3-operculate at apex. Seeds 2-3, flattened.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Sclerocarya Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=879
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- Petra Ballings
Sclerocarya: Brief Summary
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Sclerocarya is a genus of plants in the family Anacardiaceae.
There are two species:
Sclerocarya birrea (A.Rich.) Hochst. — sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar S. birrea subsp. caffra (Sond.) Kokwaro S. birrea subsp. multifoliolata (Engl.) Kokwaro S. birrea subsp. birrea
Sclerocarya gillettii Kokwaro — eastern Kenya
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