Reinwardtiodendron Koord.

Genus

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Meliaceae

Characteristics

Trees to c. 30 m tall with fluting stems or buttresses. Indumentum of simple hairs. Leaves pinnate or unifoliolate, the leaflets alternate, the most apical on one side appear-ing terminal and often larger; petiolules often swollen; domatia frequently present. Inflo-rescences spikes or basally branched panicles of spikes. Flowers bisexual, yellow. Calyx deeply 5-lobed, the lobes orbicular, imbricate. Petals 5, free from each other but united with staminal tube at base. Staminal tube globose to ovoid, with an undulate to toothed margin; anthers 10 in 2 whorls of five, glabrous, the upper ones partly exserted, the lower alternating with the upper and completely included, their connectives extended to form a short acute appendage. Disk absent. Ovary 5-locular, each locule with one ovule; style very short, with a small capitate or pileate, obscurely lobed apex. Fruit a 1–5-seed-ed berry. Seed apparently sarcotestal; embryo with thick plano-convex, superposed, free cotyledons, radicle included.
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Shrubs or trees, dioecious. Leaves odd-pinnate; leaflets few; leaflet blades leathery, margin entire. Inflorescences axillary. Flowers subglobose, small. Male flowers in lax panicles. Female flowers in racemes or spikes. Sepals 5. Petals 5, orbicular, imbricate. Staminal tube globose or ovoid; anthers 10, in 2 whorls, included. Disk inconspicuous. Ovary globose, 5-locular, with 1 ovule per locule; style extremely short or almost absent; stigma 3-5-lobed. Berry fleshy. Seeds 1-5, surrounded by a sarcotesta.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Reinwardtiodendron world distribution map, present in China, Indonesia, India, and Saudi Arabia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26827-1
WFO ID wfo-4000032724
COL ID 642KC
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Synonyms

Reinwardtiodendron

Lower taxons

Reinwardtiodendron anamalaiense Reinwardtiodendron celebicum Reinwardtiodendron cinereum Reinwardtiodendron kostermansii Reinwardtiodendron kinabaluense Reinwardtiodendron humile