Parameria
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Description
Climbers, producing white latex.
Leaves opposite, those of a pair equal, very rarely in whorls of 3;
Inflorescence of terminal and/or axillary cymes often forming a panicle.
Flowers 5-merous, actinomorphic.
Sepal lobes free;
Stamens completely included within the corolla tube, attached in a ring to the style head;
Fruit of paired follicles;
Seeds hirsute;
Distribution
from India and southern China to western Malesia present
3 species from India and Southern China to western Malesia.
Citation
K. Schum. 1895 – In: Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4: 162
Pichon 1950 – In: Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 85
D.J. Middleton 1996 – In: Blumea: 74
Pit. 1933 – In: Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 3: 1200
Coode et al. 1996: Checklist Pl. Brunei: 28
Benth. 1999 – In: Fl. Thailand: 150
Pichon 1950 – In: Mém. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat.: 102
D.J. Middleton 2004 – In: Tree Fl. Sabah & Sarawak: 8
Benth. 2001 – In: PROSEA: 402
Backer & Bakh.f. 1965 – In: Fl. Java: 233