Description
Evergreen tree.
Leaves 1-pinnate;
Flowers large, not articulated with the pedicels.
Stamens 4 and a staminode, inserted in the hairy throat.
Ovary 4-sulcate, each cell with 2 placentas on the septum, ovules very many, in many rows;
Capsule (immature, 4½ cm long) linear, shortly beaked, oval in CS with a flat septum on which developed winged ovules;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, E. New Guinea present, Louisiades present, Milne Bay Distr present, Normanby I present, Rossel I present, d'Entrecasteaux Is present
Monotypic. Malesia: E. New Guinea: Milne Bay Distr., d'Entrecasteaux Is. (Normanby I.) and Louisiades (Rossel I.).
Taxonomy
Possibly related to Fernandoa, but lacking domatia and with small crateriform glands on the leaflets beneath; the fruit structure may yield further criteria.
