The flowering plants of Africa: An analytical key to the genera of African phanerogramsThonner, Franz
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The flowering plants of Africa: An analytical key to the genera of African phanerograms
Thonner, Franz
Angiosperms -- Africa; Plants -- Africa
Disc cushion-shaped. Flowers 4-merous. Fruit globose. Seeds numerous
in each cell, winged all round.--Species 7. Tropics. They yield timber
(African mahogany), tanning bark, gum, and medicaments. =Khaya= Juss.
9. (3.) Ovules more than 2 in each ovary-cell. Ovary 4-5-celled.
Anthers 8-10, inserted between the lobes of the staminal tube. Seeds
large, pyramidal; seed-coat woody or corky. 10
Ovules 1-2 in each ovary-cell or on each placenta. Seeds small
or medium-sized; testa crustaceous, leathery, parchment-like, or
membranous. 11
10. Flowers 4-merous. Staminal tube with 2-toothed lobes. Seed-coat
corky or spongy. Radicle of the embryo lateral. Leaves pinnate,
with 1-3 pairs of leaflets, or simple. Panicles rather small, lax,
few-flowered.--Species 3. Tropics. They yield timber, tanning bark, and
oily seeds. (Under _Carapa_ Aubl.) =Xylocarpus= Koen.
Flowers 5-merous. Staminal tube with entire lobes. Ovules 6-8 to each
ovary-cell. Seed-coat woody. Radicle superior. Leaves pinnate, with
many pairs of leaflets. Panicles very large, many-flowered.--Species 4.
Tropics. They yield timber, oily seeds, and medicaments. CARAPA Aubl.
11. Ovary 2-3-celled, rarely 1-celled with 2-3 placentas. Stamens 6-12.
12
Ovary 4-20-celled, rarely later on 1-celled with 4-5 placentas. 19
12. Anthers inserted below the mouth of the staminal tube, entirely
or almost included. Disc stalk-like or wanting. Seeds exalbuminous.
Leaflets 6-25. 13
Anthers inserted at the upper edge of the staminal tube, or at the top
of its lobes, or in the notches between them. 14
13. Leaflets serrate. Flowers 5-merous. Anthers inserted at the
base of the lobes of the staminal tube. Disc none. Ovary septate.
Stigma 2-3-parted. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe. Radicle of the embryo
exserted.--Species 1. East Africa. Yields timber, oily seeds, and
medicaments. (Under _Melia_ L.) =Azadirachta= Juss.
Leaflets entire. Stigma discoid. Fruit a 2-or more-seeded capsule
or berry. Radicle included.--Species 7. West Africa. Yield timber.
(Including _Bingeria_ A. Chev. and _Heckeldora_ Pierre). =Guarea= L.
14. Filaments united at the base only, 2-toothed at the top; anthers
inserted between the teeth. Petals 5, valvate in bud. Fruit a berry or
drupe. Seeds albuminous. Leaves 3-foliolate.--Species 2. Madagascar and
Comoro Islands. =Cipadessa= Blume
Filaments united high up, rarely (_Trichilia_) at the base only, but
then fruit a capsule and seeds exalbuminous. 15
15. Ovary 1-celled, adnate to the staminal tube. Stigma sessile.
Anthers inserted at the rim of the almost entire staminal tube.
Disc stalk-like. Flowers 4-merous. Leaflets usually 5.--Species 1.
Madagascar. =Symphytosiphon= Harms
Ovary 2-3-celled. 16
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