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.

Caprivi: 4 cultivated taxa.

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Species	Content
barteri Engl.
fulva Engl.
schimperi (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Engl.
schweinfurthii (Engl.) Engl.[Agg]

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

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Lannea
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IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Lannea
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Lannea
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