3598.000 Pericopsis Thwaites

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs. Leaves 1-pinnate; leaflets alternate or subopposite. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Calyx 5-toothed; upper 2 fused for most of their length. Standard palmately veined. Filaments free from base. Style incurved, hooked at apex. Fruit flat, winged along upper or both margins, indehiscent. Seeds reddish.

Worldwide: 4 species; 3 in tropical Africa and 1 in Southeast Asia.

DRC: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
angolensis (Baker) Meeuwen		Description, Image
elata (Harms) Meeuwen		Image

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Flora of Burundi: Pericopsis
Flora of Malawi: Pericopsis
Flora of Mozambique: Pericopsis
Flora of Rwanda: Pericopsis
Flora of Zambia: Pericopsis
Flora of Zimbabwe: Pericopsis

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Pericopsis
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pericopsis
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pericopsis
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iNaturalist: Pericopsis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pericopsis
JSTOR Plant Science: Pericopsis
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pericopsis
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Tropicos: Pericopsis
Wikipedia: Pericopsis