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Sclerocarya is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae.
Read about Sclerocarya in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Sclerocarya (Greek, hard and nut, or kernel). Anacardiaceae. Trees or shrubs, one of which, S. caffra, has been intro. into S. Calif.: lvs. aggregated toward the ends of the branches, alternate, odd-pinnate, glabrous; lfts. opposite, long-petiolate, very entire, glaucous below: the male fls. spicate; fls. polygamous; sepals 4, orbicular, colored, imbricate; petals 4, oblong, obtuse, spreading, reflexed, imbricate; disk depressed, entire; stamens in the male fls. 12-15, in the female fewer; ovary subglobose, 2-3-celled: drupe somewhat fleshy, the shell woody, 2-3-celled.—About 5 species, Trop. and S. Afr. S. caffra, Sond. Glabrous: lvs. alternate, 6-12 in. long; lfts. 1 1/2 -2 in. long, with a short, often oblique tapering point, base acute, pale below: male spikes 2-4, terminal: fls. very short-pedicelled, bracteolate, the dried pedicel red: drupe suborbicular, the size of a small walnut. S. Afr. CH
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Species include:
- Sclerocarya birrea, Marula
- Sclerocarya gillettii, Kokwaro
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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