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Fayaz, F. (2011) Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants Firefly Books, New Zealand
Shrubs; stipules minute, subulate, caducous. Leaves alternate. Inflorescences axillary and terminal cymose fascicles, or flowers solitary and axillary. Sepals 5, lanceolate and persistent; petals 4 or 5, yellow, much larger than sepals, confluent, fugacious. Styles 3-4. Fruit a capsule, splitting into 6(-8) 1-seeded mericarps. Seeds with a membranous wing. Derivation of name: for Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, 1773-1854, Dutch botanist. Worldwide: 3 species in East, South and South-East Asia. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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