Heynea
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Description
Trees.
Leaves imparipinnate; rachis compressed, not swollen at points of attachment of leaflets; abaxial surface of leaflets papillate, glandular.
Inflorescences corymbose cymes with long peduncles.
Petals 4 or 5, ± imbricate.
Ovary 2- or 3-locular, each locule 2-ovulate; stylehead 2- or 3-lobed.
Fruit a capsule; pericarp with sclereids.
Seeds 1 or 2, arillate. 2n = 28.
Distribution
Indochina and southern China present, Indomalesia present
Two species of E and SE Asia: H. velutina How & Chen (Trichilia sinensis Bentv.) of Indochina and southern China, marked by its hairy 2-seeded capsules, and the closely allied H. trijuga, which is a native of Indomalesia.