Melieae ContentDescription Distribution Citation Description Trees. Leaves pinnate or bipinnate. Flowers hermaphrodite or male. Staminal tube cylindrical, lobed. Fruit a drupe. Seed exarillate; endosperm thin; cotyledons colla- teral; radicle superior, exserted. Distribution Old World tropics presentTwo genera, in the wild state restricted to theOld World Tropics.. Citation T.D.Penn. 1975 – In: Blumea: 462.