Oddoniodendron

De Wild.
Description: 
Trees, +/- 20 m high; branches and leaves glabrous. Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, (1)2, 3(4)-foliolate; leaflets alternate, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to subfalcate, gradually acuminate; base asymmetric, rounded to broadly cuneate; stipules fused to form a persistent callus bidentate at apex. Inflorescences : panicles or rarely racemes, usually axillary and fascicled or sometimes solitary; bracteoles densely reddish pubescent outside. Flowers with a short receptacle. Sepals 4, pilose inside. Petals 5, subequal. Stamens (8)10, long-exserted; filaments glabrous. Ovary shortly stipitate, hirsute; stipe and style glabrous; ovules 4-6. Pod dehiscent with 2 woody valves coiling after dehiscence.
Distribution: 
Species 2, tropical W Africa; sthn trop. Afr. 1: Oddoniodendron romeroi Mendes, Angola.
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 

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