Swintonia
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Description
Trees.
Leaves spiral, simple, entire, with a slightly thickened, marginal nerve, often papillose beneath, (long) petioled.
Inflorescences axillary and terminal, paniculate.
Flowers ♂ (usually dominant and numerous) and bisexual (plants polygamo-andromonoecious), or bisexual only.
Petals 5, imbricate, persistent, accrescent, usually much enlarged and reflexed in fruit, partly or wholly puberulous on both surfaces, glabrescent.
Stamens 5;
Ovary 1-celled, sparsely hairy, abortive in (♂;
Seed with testa adherent to the endocarp;
Distribution
Andaman Is present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Cambodia (Cambodia present); Laos (Laos present); Malaya (Peninsular Malaysia present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present); Thailand (Thailand present); Vietnam (Vietnam present), Burma present
About 12 spp., distributed in the Andaman Is., Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and Malesia (Sumatra, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, and Philippines).
Notes
Swintonia floribunda GRIFF, was assigned to the monotypic new genus Swintonia in a combined generic and specific description.
The petals of bixesual and ♀ flowers of Swintonia gradually enlarge and thicken after anthesis. One should be aware of this increase in size and ascertain their growth stage.
The petals of bixesual and ♀ flowers of Swintonia gradually enlarge and thicken after anthesis. One should be aware of this increase in size and ascertain their growth stage.