Zollingeria

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Zollingeria

Description

Trees, monoecious. Leaves spirally arranged, paripinnate, 1-8-jugate; Inflorescences axillary, thyrsoid, branched. Flowers unisexual, regular (or zygomorphic). Sepals 5, free, slightly to distinctly unequal, (not) imbricate, not petaloid, outside hairy (or glabrous). Petals 5 (or 4), shorter (or longer) than the sepals, with or without scales or auricles. Stamens 8, (slightly) exserted in male flowers, filaments hairy, anthers glabrous. Ovary at the base 3-celled, higher up 1-celled; Ovules 1 per cell. Fruit 1-celled, 3-winged, indehiscent. Seeds 1 per fruit, without arillode or sarcotesta.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Borneo present (Sabah present); Laos (Laos present); Thailand (Thailand present), Burma present
2 or 3 species in Burma, Laos and Thailand; 1 in Malesia: Borneo (Sabah).

Citation

Kurz 1933 – In: Engl., Pflanzenr. 98: 724
Kurz 1890 – In: Ra. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. München: 293
Adema 1992 – In: Blumea: 73