Chisocheton sect. Rhetinosperma

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Chisocheton sect. Rhetinosperma

Description

Trees. Leaves pseudogemmulate with pseudogemmula approaching tardy apical development of some Dysoxylum spp. Inflorescences axillary to supra-axillary. Petals valvate (or imbricate), separating in sicco. Seeds sarcotestal.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical, Malesia extending to Solomon Islands and Queensland present, New Hebrides present, from NE Borneo eastwards to New Hebrides present
Four species from NE Borneo eastwards to New Hebrides Two endemic in Malesia, one also extending to Malesia extending to Solomon Islands and Queensland, the fourth (Chisocheton rex Mabb.) restricted to New Hebrides