Magnistipula Engl.

Description of the genus

Trees, shrubs and geoxylic suffrutices. Leaves simple, entire, alternate, coriaceous, brittle. Lower leaf surface glabrous or with a few strigose hairs. Flowers strongly zygomorphic. Receptacle tube always curved, obliquely campanulate., slightly to strongly gibbous, nearly always markedly oblique at the mouth, always longer than the sepals. Drupe fleshy; endosperm hairy inside, on germination breaking up in an irregular manner.

Worldwide: About 10 species in tropical Africa and 2 in Madagascar.

Zambia: 3 taxa.

Magnistipula butayei subsp. bangweolensis

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SpeciesFZ divisionsProvincesContent
butayei De Wild. subsp. bangweolensis (R.E.Fr.) F.White [NrEnd][LR-lc]N,WNw,Cb,Lp,N,McDescription, Image
butayei De Wild. subsp. transitoria F.WhiteN,WNw,Lp
sapinii De Wild [LR-lc]B,WNw,WDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Magnistipula:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Magnistipula
Flora of Malawi: Magnistipula

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Magnistipula.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1939, retrieved 19 March 2024

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