Trees; branchlets ringed by the scars of the fallen leaf-bases. Leaves imparipinnate, crowded; stipules large, adnate to the base of the petiole, sheathing the branchlets. Panicles large, terminal, drooping. Flowers with 2–3 bracts embracing the base of the calyx-tube; calyx-tube with (4)5 “epicalyx ” -lobes; petals (4)5, alternating with the calyx-lobes, or 0. Fruit achenes with fragile pericarp.
Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-23
Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A.(2023). Flora of Zambia: Genus page: Hagenia. https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=2005, retrieved 3 October 2023
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