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North Africa Trees
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Trichodesma R.Br.

Genus composed of 38 species of annuals, perennials and herbaceous chamaephytes, distributed through tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World. In North Africa it is represented by 2 species (or 3, if T. gracile Batt. & Trab. is accepted), with ± woody stems, at least at the base.

Battandier, J.B. & Trab., L. 1911. Contribution à la flore du pays des Touaregs. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 58: 623-629.

Key to species

1 Chamaephyte with stem surface covered with indumentum of grey hairs, very short and applied Trichodesma calcaratum

1 Annual or perennial plant with stem surface glabrous or glabrescent with spines Trichodesma africanum

Updated by: A.J. Mendoza & F.J. Pérez García.

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