Quassia L.

HANNOA Planch.

Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate; lamina simple or pinnately compound, usually with pitted glands on lower surface. Inflorescence simple or branched racemes, panicles or umbels, axillary or terminal. Flowers 4-6-merous; calyx lobed, imbricate; petals imbricate or contorted, longer than calyx; stamens twice as many as petals. Fruit drupaceous, often compressed. Seed solitary, testa membranous.

Worldwide: Species 40, pantropical and subtropical.

Zambia: 1 taxon.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
undulata (Guill. & Perr.) F.Dietr	B,N,W	Nw,Lp,W

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External websites:

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

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

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Quassia.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1967, retrieved 21 December 2024

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