Sclerocarya

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 Sclerocarya subsp. var.  
Sclerocarya birrea
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Sclerocarya is a genus of plant in family Anacardiaceae.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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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