Zanha

Zanha is a small genus of plants in the family Sapindaceae that are native to Africa.^[2]

Zanha
Zanha golungensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Subfamily:	Dodonaeoideae
Genus:	Zanha Hiern[1]
Species
3, see text
Synonyms[2]
Dialiopsis Radlk. Talisiopsis Radlk.

Description

Members of the genus Zanha are medium-sized deciduous trees with paripinnate leaves. The inflorescence is a short paniculate thyrse that bears dioecious flowers. The fruit is a reddish drupe.^[2][3]

Species

This genus includes the following species:^[2]

• Zanha africana (Radlk.) Exell – Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe^[4]
• Zanha golungensis Hiern – Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe^[5]
• Zanha suaveolens Capuron – Madagascar^[6]