Archidendropsis
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Description
Unarmed shrubs or trees.
Leaves bipinnate, rachis and most often pinnae with extrafloral nectaries;
Stipules filiform or auriculate, generally caducous.
Inflorescences consisting of pedunculate spikes, spiciform racemes, or (in one species) glomerules.
Flowers uniform, tetra- or pentamerous, bisexual.
Stamens numerous, united into a tube at the base.
Ovary solitary or several together.
Seeds flattened (or sometimes turgid), narrowly winged when flat, brown or black, without aril, testa thin, without areole, endosperm absent;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: New Guinea present, Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), Bismarck Arch present, NE Australia present, New Caledonia present, Solomon Islands present
Malesia (New Guinea, Bismarck Arch.), Solomon Islands, NE Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia; 14 species in all, of which 2 in Malesia.