Liben, L. (1971) Lecythidaceae Flore du Congo du Rwanda et du Burundi Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Bruxelles
Prance, G.T. & Jongkind, C.C.H. (2015) A revision of African Lecythidaceae Kew Bulletin 70(6) 1-68
Tall tree with buttresses; young branches terete, conspicuous triangular lef scars. Leaves leathery or papery when young, hairless, obovate to elliptic; margin finely crenulate; more or less sessile. Inflorescence paniculate, corymbose, terminal; bracts falling early, leaving conspicuous scars. Flowers white, pedicels up to 20 mm, articulate at the base. Fruit, including wings, ellipsoid or suborbicular, retuse at apex, rounded at base, the seedbearing portion very narrow, thin-walled, wings four, equal, thinly leathery or submembranaceous. Worldwide: 2 species. One in West and Central Tropical Africa as far South as Angola; the other in the Philippines. Angola: 1 taxon. |
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