8197.000 Hymenodictyon Wall.

Description of the genus

Shrubs or trees. Stipules interpetiolar. Leaves opposite, petiolate, deciduous. Domatia present. Inflorescence a spike or elongated head, composed of numerous 1-3-flowered cymes in the axils of secondary bracts. Flowers bisexual. Calyx of 5(-6) unequal lobes. Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate with 5 erect lobes. Style well exserted. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a dehiscent, strongly lenticellate capsule, splitting into 2 valves. Seeds broadly winged, the wing 2-fid at the base.

Derivation of name: from Greek: hymen meaning a membrane, diktyon, a net, referring to a net-like membrane surrounding the seed.

Worldwide: 20 species in the Old World.

Zimbabwe: 2 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
floribundum (Hochst. & Steud.) B. L. Rob.	N,C,E	Description, Image
parvifolium Oliv. subsp. parvifolium	E,S	Description, Image

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