Irvingia

Hook.f.
Description: 
Trees, sometimes very tall. Leaves papyraceous to coriaceous; stipules mostly shorter than 40 mm. Flowers bisexual or sometimes unisexual by abortion. Sepals small, free or slightly united at base. Petals spreading, much longer than sepals. Stamens with free filaments. Ovary 2-locular, slightly sunk into disc, +/- globular. Fruit a +/- ellipsoid drupe, containing 1(2) woody pyrene(s) by abortion; pyrene ellipsoidal, 1-seeded; endosperm almost absent to copious.
Distribution: 
Species 7, 6 in humid W and C Africa, 1 in SE Asia; sthn trop. Afr. 5, Angola.
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 
IRVINGIACEAE

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