Pegia

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Pegia

Description

Scandent shrubs or climbers. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, petioled. Inflorescences paniculate, axillary and/or terminal. Flowers unisexual and bisexual (plants polygamous). Petals (4 or) 5, imbricate, or subvalvate (extra-Mal.), glabrous. Stamens (8-) 10, 5 opposite calyx lobes and 5 opposite petals; Ovary immersed in the disk, (4- or) 5-celled, only one fertile; Seed with testa free from the endocarp;

Distribution

Asia-Temperate, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; India present; Laos (Laos present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Burma present, Kwangsi present, Kwangtung present
Species 3, distributed in India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, China (Kwangtung&Kwangsi), and Malesia (Borneo).

Citation

Engl. 1883 – In: DC., Mon. Phan. 4: 262
STEEN. 1934 – In: J. Bot.: 10