Voacanga
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Description
Shrubs or trees with dichotomous branching;
Leaves opposite;
Inflorescence a cyme or solitary flower, lax;
Sepals in most species with a distinct connate tube and free lobes;
Stamens subsessile;
Fruit of paired follicles, usually somewhat united at least at base.
Seeds covered in a fleshy aril.
Distribution
Africa present, Asia-Tropical, Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present)
The genus has 12 species of which 7 are in Africa and 5 in Malesia. One of the Malesian species also occurs in Australia (Queensland).
Taxonomy
This account is partly adapted from Leeuwenberg (1985) rather than completely reworked because I agree with the species delimitation he used. It has been updated to include new collections made since 1985.
Citation
Leeuwenb. 1985 – In: Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. p 9
Miq. 1857 – In: Fl. Ned. Ind. p 417
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java. p 229
Thouars 2001 – In: PROSEA. p 582
Miq. 1864 – In: Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi. p 316
D.J. Middleton 2004 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak. p 59
Pichon 1947 – In: Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris). p 409