Sphedamnocarpus

Planch. ex Hook.f.
Source: 
SSA
Description: 
Scandent shrubs or climbers. Leaves opposite, ternate or rarely subopposite, with 2 stalked glands slightly above or below apex of petiole; stipules present. Flowers +/- regular, in few-flowered axillary umbels terminating in leafy branches, rarely solitary. Calyx 5-partite. Petals caducous, yellow to orange, unguiculate, entire to slightly fimbriate. Stamens 10; filaments somewhat broadened and connate at base. Ovary 3(4)-locular, with dorsal wing usually hairy; styles 3(4); stigmas thickened. Fruit breaking into 3(4) samaras. x = 10.
Distribution: 
Species l2, southern tropical and subtropical Africa, Madagascar and Mauritius; 1 in sthn Afr.: Sphedamnocarpus pruriens (Juss.) Szysyl., with 2 subspecies, Namibia, Botswana, Northern Province, Mpumalanga, Gauteng to KwaZulu-Natal.
Classification: 
MALPIGHIACEAE

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Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith