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(Last Modified On 8/19/2013)
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(Last Modified On 8/19/2013)
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Genus
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Allenanthus Standley
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PlaceOfPublication
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Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 27: 344. 1940.
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Note
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TYPE: A. erythrocarpus Standley.
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Description
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Trees. Leaves ovate elliptic, acuminate, the lateral veins few; petioles present; stipules free, ovate or rotund, cuspidate. Inflorescences terminal, paniculate, elongate pedunculate; bracts and bracteoles small. Flowers with calycine lobes 4; anthers short. Fruits compressed, drying red, the central seminiferous part surrounded by a thick wing.
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Habit
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Trees
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Distribution
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Allendnthus is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
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Note
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It is among the easiest of the Rubiaceae to recognize as the fruit has the appearance of the achene of Rumex of the Polygonaceae.
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