Xanthocercis Baill.

Genus

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae

Characteristics

Petals (at least in X. zambesiaca) white, the median part somewhat thickened and darker; each with a claw ± as long as the limb, the standard broader than the others with an oblong limb, the other 4 petals similar to each other, ± entire and lanceolate, free.
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Inflorescence of terminal and axillary simple racemes; bracts small, falling early; bracteoles usually near the base of the pedicel, insignificant.
Seeds brown or black, ± rectangular or reniform, attached in the centre of their larger side, with a small hilum.
Fruit brown or greenish-brown and shiny, an indehiscent oblongoid to subspherical drupe, stipitate, 1–3-seeded.
Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets (7)9–11(13), alternate or in subopposite pairs, coriaceous, without stipels.
Calyx campanulate, ± truncate above, apparently entire or with 5 very short teeth.
Ovary subsessile, pubescent with a short glabrous style.
Flowers with a small perigynous disc up to 1 mm broad.
Trees up to 30 m high.
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Images

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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23823-1
WFO ID wfo-4000040874
COL ID 88DQ
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Synonyms

Xanthocercis

Lower taxons

Xanthocercis madagascariensis Xanthocercis zambesiaca Xanthocercis rabiensis