Opilia
Content
Description
Lianas, sometimes erect shrubs, root parasites;
Leaves coriaceous.
Flowers bisexual, in axillary racemes, three per bract.
Stamens exceeding the perianth.
Ovary cylindric to ellipsoid, stigma sessile.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: India present; Thailand (Thailand present), Burma present, N. Australia present, Solomon Is present, Tropical Africa present
In tropical Africa 2 spp., O. amentacea also from India through Burma, Thailand, Indochina, and Malesia to the Solomon Is. and N. Australia. .
Citation
R. & S. 1819 – In: Syst. Veg. p 275
OLIV. 1868 – In: Fl. Trop. Afr. p 352
Engl. 1889 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 3. p 240
LUCAS 1968: Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Opil. p 1
ENDL. 1840 – In: Gen. Pl. p 1041
BAILL. 1892 – In: Hist. Pl. p 456
SLEUM. 1935 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam., ed. 2, 16b. p 38
VALET. 1886: Crit. Overz. Olacin. p 153
HIEPKO 1982 – In: Willdenowia. p 161
BAILL. 1862 – In: Adansonia. p 123
B. & H. 1862 – In: Gen. Pl. p 350
Engl. 1897 – In: E. & P., Nat. Pfl. Fam. 1. p 143
BTH. 1863 – In: Fl. Austr. p 394