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
16. Flowers solitary, axillary, rarely in spikes. Anthers 10, inserted
at the tips of the teeth of the staminal tube. Disc ring-shaped. Style
long. Fruit capsular, subglobose. Seeds with 3 narrow wings and with
fleshy albumen. Small shrubs. Leaves with a narrowly winged stalk and
3 woolly leaflets.--Species 1. Southern West Africa (Angola). Used
medicinally. (_Nelanaregam_ Adans.) =Naregamia= Wight & Arn.
Flowers in panicles, rarely in racemes. Leaves with 5 or more leaflets,
rarely with 3, but then seeds exalbuminous. 17
17. Leaflets 5-7, toothed, clothed with stellate hairs; leafstalk
winged. Anthers 10, inserted between the lobes of the staminal tube,
which are divided in filiform segments. Disc ring-shaped. Style
short.--Species 1. West Africa (Cameroons). The bark is eaten and used
medicinally. =Pterorhachis= Harms
Leaflets entire, very rarely toothed, but then anthers 8, inserted at
the entire mouth of the staminal tube. Seeds exalbuminous. 18
18. Fruit a berry or a drupe. Seed-coat crustaceous. Staminal tube
entire or shortly toothed.--Species 15. Tropical and South Africa.
Some of them yield timber, tanners’ bark, and medicaments. (Including
_Charia_ C. DC.) =Ekebergia= Sparm.
Fruit a capsule with a leathery rind. Seed-coat thin-leathery. Staminal
tube usually more or less deeply divided.--Species 35. Tropical
and South Africa. Some of them yield timber, dyes, oily seeds, and
medicaments. (Plate 76.) =Trichilia= L.
19. (11.) Leaves simple, undivided. Flowers solitary or in cymes or
racemes. Fruit capsular. Seeds albuminous. 20
Leaves pinnate. Flowers in panicles, racemes, or cymes. Stamens united
high up. 21
20. Stamens united at the base only, 8. Disc cup-shaped. Stigma
small. Flowers solitary.--Species 1. South Africa. (_Aitonia_ Thunb.,
_Carruthia_ O. Ktze.) =Nymania= Lindb.
Stamens united high up, 8-10. Disc ring-shaped or absent. Stigma
usually thick.--Species 50. Tropical and South Africa. Some are used
medicinally. (Including _Calodryum_ Desv., _Grevellina_ Baill., and
_Quivisia_ Comm.) =Tourraea= L.
21. Leaves twice pinnate, with usually serrate leaflets. Anthers
10-12, inserted between the teeth of the staminal tube. Fruit a drupe.
Seeds with scanty albumen.--Species 4, two natives of Central Africa,
the others (especially _M. Azederach_ L., beadtree or Persian lilac)
cultivated as ornamental plants and sometimes naturalized. They
yield timber, gum, oil, and medicaments, and are also used for the
preparation of liquors. The fruits are poisonous. =Melia= L.
Leaves once pinnate, with entire leaflets. Seeds exalbuminous. 22
22. Leaves equally pinnate. Anthers 5 or 8. 23
Leaves unequally pinnate. Anthers 8 or 10. 24
23. Leaflets 2-6. Flowers 4-merous. Petals with contorted aestivation.
Anthers 8, inserted below the notches between the lobes of the staminal
tube. (See 10.) =Xylocarpus= Koen.
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