Flora of Zambia: Cultivated plants
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5024.020 Pachira
Description of the genus
Trees. Leaves large, palmate. Flowers very large, borne singly or in twos or threes at the ends of branches. Calyx persistent. Petals 5, linear. Stamens very many (200-700), united in a long tube below, separate above. Fruit a large heavy, woody 5-celled capsule. Worldwide: 2 species, native to tropical America Zambia: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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Other sources of information about Pachira:
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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated PachiraFlora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Pachira
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): PachiraBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Pachira
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Pachira
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Pachira
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Pachira
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Pachira
JSTOR Plant Science: Pachira
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Pachira
Plants of the World Online: Pachira
Tropicos: Pachira
Wikipedia: Pachira
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