4400.000 Macaranga Thouars

Description of the genus

Dioecious, rarely monoecious, trees or shrubs with simple hairs. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple (in ours) or lobed, entire or toothed, gland-dotted beneath. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, racemose or paniculate. Male flowers: calyx with 2-4 valvate lobes; petals and disk 0; stamens 2-4 (in ours); anthers 3-4-thecous; pistillode 0. Female flowers: calyx truncate or shallowly toothed; petals and disk as for males; ovary 1-3-locular; ovule 1 per loculus; styles 1-3. Fruit smooth or verrucose, ± dehiscent, usually glandular.

Worldwide: 280 species in the tropics of the Old World

Burundi: 5 taxa.

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SpeciesContent
angolensis (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg.
capensis (Baill.) Benth. ex SimDescription, Image
kilimandscharica Pax
schweinfurthii Pax Description, Image
spinosa Müll.Arg.

Other sources of information about Macaranga:

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Flora of the DRC: Macaranga
Flora of Malawi: Macaranga
Flora of Mozambique: Macaranga
Flora of Zambia: Macaranga
Flora of Zimbabwe: Macaranga

External websites:

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



Flora of Burundi: Genus page: Macaranga.
https://www.burundiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=856, retrieved 4 December 2024

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