Librevillea

Hoyle
Description: 
Trees. Leaves pinnate; leaflets 3-6, alternate, ovate-oblong or lanceolate with attenuate, acuminate apex, obtuse to rounded base, slightly falcate, glabrous, coriaceous; stipules intrapetiolar. Inflorescences fairly open terminal panicles; pedicels puberulous; bracteoles sepaloid, suborbicular, puberulous. Receptacle short, cupular. Perianth rudimentary with (1)2 minute tepals. Stamens 10; filaments filiform, fused at base. Ovary shortly stipitate, hairy; ovules 2(3). Pod dehiscing with 2 woody valves.
Distribution: 
Monotypic genus: Librevillea klainei (Harms) Hoyle, Gabon; Angola.
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 
FABACEAE

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