Afzelia
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Description
Trees.
Leaves paripinnate.
Stipules interpetiolarly connate at base.
Inflorescences terminal or axillary, racemose, often fasciculate or paniculate; bracts and bracteoles small, often caducous.
Flowers bisexual, zygomorphic, pedicelled.
Petals only one fully developed, large, flabellate, lower half narrowed into a claw, the others small or absent.
Stamens 9, usually (5-)7 fertile, almost equal, the others reduced; anthers dorsifixed.
Ovary stipi- tate (stipe adnate to the hypanthium), 3-8(or more)-ovuled; style slender, almost as long as the stamens; stigma small, round.
Seeds ellipsoid, ovoid-oblong or broadly ellipsoid, smooth, exalbuminous; aril yellow, orange, or red, often 2-lobed, covering the seed for up to half or more of its length.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical, tropical Africa, Asia and S China present
About 12 species, in tropical Africa, Asia and S China; 2 species in Malesia