Holarrhena
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Description
Small trees or shrubs.
Leaves opposite or subopposite;
Inflorescence a terminal or seemingly axillary cyme;
Sepals often unequal in length, linear to narrowly ovate, pubescent outside, pubescent or glabrous inside;
Stamens inserted near base of corolla tube, completely included in tube;
Fruit of paired follicles;
Seeds linear, unbeaked, grooved, with an apical coma.
Distribution
Africa present, Asia present, Asia-Tropical
4 species from Africa and Asia; in Malesia 2 species.
Citation
de Kruif 1981 – In: Meded. Landbouwhoogeschool Wageningen: 4
G. Don 1837 – In: Gen. Syst.: 78
R.Br. 1999 – In: PROSEA: 296
A.DC. 1844 – In: Prodr.: 413
Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1168
Pichon 1950 – In: Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 157
M.E. Endress et al. 1990 – In: Pl. Syst. Evol.: 157
D.J. Middleton 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 73
Benth. & Hook.f. 1876 – In: Gen. Pl.: 708
K. Schum. 1895 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4: 137