Neostenanthera

Exell
Description: 
Erect trees with simple hairs. Flowers bisexual, solitary or in fascicles, extra-axillary or leaf-opposed; bracteole minute. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6, valvate, in 2 whorls, outer ones longer than inner ones, inner concave at base, spoon-shaped. Stamens many, connective with triangular apex; anther cells transversely septate. Carpels many, free, cylindric, with 1 basal ovule. Monocarps fusiform, stipitate. x = 8.
Distribution: 
Species 5, tropical America and Africa; sthn trop. Afr. 1: Neostenanthera gabonensis (Engl. & Diels) Exell (= N. micrantha Exell), Angola (Cabinda).
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 
ANNONACEAE

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