Maranthes
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Description
Medium-sized to large trees.
Leaves glabrous on both surfaces when mature (or lanate in African species), with dense caducous cobweb-like indumentum when young, without stomatal crypts;
Stipules deltate, intrapetiolar, stiff, caducous.
Inflorescence a many-flowered corymbose panicle.
Flowers hermaphrodite.
Petals 5, not clawed.
Stamens 25-40, inserted on margin of disk, unilateral with tooth-like staminodes opposite to almost in a complete circle;
Ovary inserted laterally at mouth of receptacle;
Fruit a large fleshy drupe;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, NE. Australia present, Pacific present, Southern America, Tropical Africa present
In tropical Africa 10 species, one native to Central America and one widespread species in Malesia, NE. Australia and W. Pacific.
Citation
HASSK. 1858 – In: Flora: 255
Blume 1976 – In: Distr. Pl. Afr.: 313
Blume 1978 – In: Fl. Zamb.: 41
WHITE 1976 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg.: 294
PRANCE & WHITM. 1973 – In: Tree Fl. Malaya: 329
PRANCE 1966 – In: Bol. Soc. Brot.: 183
Blume 1972 – In: Fl. Neotrop.: 201
Blume 1968 – In: Brittonia: 203
LETOUZEY & WHITE 1978 – In: Fl. Cameroun: 29
HAUMAN 1951 – In: Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.: 185
KOSTERM. 1965 – In: Candollea: 196
LETOUZEY & WHITE 1978 – In: Fl. Gab.: 29