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5. Spondias L., Sp. Pl. 371. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5.174.1754; Roxb. Fl. Ind. (Car. ed.) 2:451. 1824; I.L. Stewart & Brandis, For. Fl. 128.1874; Brandis, Ind. Trees, 201. 1906; J.D. Hooker, Fl. Brit. Ind. 2:42. 1879; Talbot, For. Fl. 361.1909; H.K. Airy Shaw & H.H. Zorman, Kew. Bull. 21:1-19.1967; W. Meijer in Dassanayake & Fosberg, Fl. Ceylon, 4: 22.1983.
YASIN J. NASIR
Deciduous trees. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, exstipulate. Flowers in terminal panicles, small. Calyx 4-5-lobed, deciduous. Petals 4-5. Stamens 8-10, inserted below the disk. Ovary 4-5-locular; styles (3-)4-5), Fruit a fleshy drupe.
A genus of 10-12 species, Indo-Malayan, S.E. Asia and tropical America. Represented in Pakistan by 1 species.
Lower Taxon
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