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(Last Modified On 12/18/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/18/2012)
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Genus
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CASSIPOUREA Aubl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Hist. P1. Guian. 1:528. 1775.
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Synonym
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Tita Scop. Introd. 219. 1777. Legnotis Sw. Prod. 84. 1788. Richaeia Thou. Gen. Nov. Madag. 25. 1806. Richeia Poir. Encycl. Supp. 4:680. 1816. Weihea Spreng. Syst. 2:594. 1825. Anstrutheria Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. 6:344. 1846. Dactylopetalum Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 3:79. 1858. Richea 0. Ktze. Rev. Gen. 235. 1891. non R. Br. 1810.
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Description
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Trees or shrubs, with slim branchlets. Leaves opposite, coriaceous or mem- branaceous, simple, with caducous interpetiolar stipules. Flowers perfect and regular, solitary to fascicled in the axils of the upper leaves, bracteate, with articu- lated pedicels. Calyx coriaceous, 4- to 7-lobed, valvate, hairy or glabrous, cam- panulate to spreading. Petals unguiculate and often elaborately fimbriate or lacerate, inflexed, pubescent or glabrous. Stamens 8-40, inserted on or outside the disc, filaments equal to or longer than the calyx. Ovary 2- to 4-locular, hypogynous or slightly adnate to the base of the calyx, surrounded by a fleshy or membranaceous disc, each locule with 2 pendulous ovules; style filiform or stout. Fruit a fleshy capsule, septifragal; seeds 2-4, arillate.
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Habit
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Trees shrubs
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Note
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About 60 species of mountains, river banks and sandy shores; tropical America, Africa (where the species are most numerous), Ceylon and southern India.
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