Polyceratocarpus

Engl. & Diels
Description: 
Trees or shrubs with simple hairs. Flowers bisexual or male, solitary or paired, axillary or extra-axillary, sometimes cauliflorous; buds subglobose; bracteoles present; receptacle subglobose or shortly cylindric. Sepals 3, united at base, valvate, much smaller than petals. Petals 6, free, in 2 valvate whorls, subequal or outer ones slightly longer than inner ones. Stamens many, linear to cuniform, subsessile; connective with a capitate or truncate dilated apex. Carpels 4-20, free, oblong-cylindric; ovules +/-20, in 2 series. Monocarps cylindric, sessile or subsessile, slightly constricted between seeds.
Distribution: 
Species +/-7, tropical W Africa; sthn trop. Afr. 3: Angola (Cabinda).
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 

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