''Sorindeia'' is a genus of some three dozen
plant
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species that are native to tropical
Africa
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,
Madagascar
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, the
Comoro Islands
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and
Mascarene Islands
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.
They are distinguished by their compound leaves, large inflorescences and distinctive fruit. In the case of ''
S. madagascariensis'', as many as 200 fruit may be carried on a pendant cluster.
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Species
Species include:[
* '' Sorindeia africana'' (Engl.) Van der Veken
* '' Sorindeia albiflora'' Engl. & K. Krause
* '' Sorindeia calantha'' Mildbr.
* '' Sorindeia collina'' Keay
* '' Sorindeia crassifolia'' Engl. & K. Krause
* '' Sorindeia gabonensis'' Bourobou & Breteler
* '' Sorindeia gossweileri'' Exell
* '' Sorindeia grandifolia'' Engl.
* '' Sorindeia heterophylla'' (Kunth) Marchand
* '' Sorindeia immersinervia'' Engl. & Brehmer
* '']Sorindeia juglandifolia
''Sorindeia'' is a genus of some three dozen plant species that are native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Comoro Islands and Mascarene Islands. They are distinguished by their compound leaves, large inflorescences and distinctive fruit. In ...
'' (A.Rich.) Planch. ex Oliv.
* '' Sorindeia katangensis'' Van der Veken
* '' Sorindeia lamprophylla'' Engl. & K. Krause
* '' Sorindeia ledermannii'' Engl. & K. Krause
* '' Sorindeia lemairei'' De Wild.
* '' Sorindeia letestui'' Pellegr.
* '' Sorindeia longipetiolulata'' Engl. & Brehmer
* '' Sorindeia lundensis'' Exell & Mendonça
* '' Sorindeia madagascariensis'' Thouars ex DC.
* '' Sorindeia madagascariensis f. elongata'' L. Marchand
* '' Sorindeia mayumbensis'' Van der Veken
* '' Sorindeia mildbraedii'' Engl. & Brehmer
* '' Sorindeia nitidula'' Engl.
* ''Sorindeia ochracea
''Sorindeia'' is a genus of some three dozen plant species that are native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Comoro Islands and Mascarene Islands. They are distinguished by their compound leaves, large inflorescences and distinctive fruit. In ...
'' Engl.
* ''Sorindeia oxyandra
''Sorindeia'' is a genus of some three dozen plant species that are native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Comoro Islands and Mascarene Islands. They are distinguished by their compound leaves, large inflorescences and distinctive fruit. In ...
'' Bourobou & Breteler
* ''Sorindeia protioides
''Sorindeia'' is a genus of some three dozen plant species that are native to tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Comoro Islands and Mascarene Islands
The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in ...
'' Engl. & K. Krause
* '' Sorindeia reticulata'' Engl. & Brehmer
* '' Sorindeia revoluta'' Engl. & Brehmer
* '' Sorindeia rhodesica'' R. Fern. & A. Fern.
* '' Sorindeia rubriflora'' Engl.
* '' Sorindeia schweinfurthii'' Engl.
* '' Sorindeia submontana'' Van der Veken
* '' Sorindeia tchibangensis'' Pellegr.
* '' Sorindeia tessmannii'' Engl.
* '' Sorindeia undulata'' R. Fern. & A. Fern.
* '' Sorindeia winkleri'' Engl.
References
External links
Flora of Africa
Anacardiaceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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