Staudtia

Warb.
Description: 
Trees; indumentum of shortly stalked, T-shaped, +/- appressed hairs. Leaves rounded to broadly cuneate at base, main lateral nerves faint, in 5-10 pairs. Inflorescence capitate, with flowers densely clustered in subglobose, shortly pedunculate heads in leaf axils. Male flowers with 3 or 4 anthers. Seed with aril thinly fleshy; lobulate at apex.
Distribution: 
Species 1, W Africa; sthn trop. Afr.: Staudtia kamerunensis Warb. var. gabonensis (Warb.) Fouilloy, Angola, Zambia.
Source: 
SSTA
Classification: 
MYRISTICACEAE

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