Tristiropsis
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Description
Trees, monoecious.
Leaves bipinnate or the upper ones at least forked, with several leaflets per branch;
Inflorescences thyrses, axillary towards the end of the branches;
Flowers fairly big.
Sepals 5, free, imbricate, concave, the two outer ones slightly or hardly smaller, fleshy, margin pet doid or not, outside appressedly, densely, shortly tomentose, margin ciliate.
Petals 0 or 5, slightly shorter than the sepals, clawed or not, outside mainly towards the base sericeous, margin ciliate;
Stamens 8(-13), hardly or not exserted;
Ovules 1 per locule.
Fruits subdrupaceous, (l-)3(-5)-celled, shortly attenuate to short-stipitate at base, shortly apiculate at apex, densely minutely tomentose, subglabrescent;
Seeds brown, hilum basal, orbicular;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Philippines (Philippines present), Australasia: Queensland (Queensland present), Christmas Island present, Pacific: Marianas present, Pacific Ocean present, Solomon Islands present
3 species from the Marianas to Christmas Island (Pacific Ocean), Queensland, and the Solomon Islands; in Malesia: from Philippines and Borneo towards the east. See .