Cupaniopsis Radlk.

Medium-sized tree, glabrous all over except the inflorescence. Leaves compound, imparipinnate, without stipules; leaflets notched at the apex; margin entire. Flowers in axillary panicles shorter than the leaves. Petals with two ciliate scales as long as the petals. Stamens exserted. Fruit a capsule, with flattened lobes.

Derivation of name: resembling, from the Greek -opsis meaning likeness, the genus Cupania, the latter name after the Italian botanist, Francesco Cupani, 1657-1710.

Worldwide: 67 species, native to Australia and the Pacific islands.

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.