Humbertiodendron
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Authority
Lleras, Eduardo. 1978. Trigoniaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 19: 1-73. (Published by NYBG Press)
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Family
Trigoniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Type
Type species. Humbertodendron saboureaui Leandri.
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Description
Genus Description - Small tree, branches terete. Leaves simple, opposite, petiolate, with connate stipules. Inflorescences axillary triflorate cymes. Flowers zygomorphic, sharing a common peduncle; bracts 2, eglandulate; sepals 5, quincuncial, unequal; petals 5, contorted, unequal, papilionaceous; fertile stamens 6, staminodes absent, the filaments connate at base, free above, the anthers basifixed, bilocular, introrse, dehiscing along two lateral slits; pollen triporate, deltoid in equatorial view. Gland one, strongly adpressed to the ovary. Ovary superior, 3-winged, 3-sulcate, trilocular, the locules incompletely closed, lacking a central column; ovules 1 per locule, attached to the interior ends of the lateral septae. Fruit (fide Leandri) a 3-winged samara; seed lacking endosperm; embryo with an inferior radicle.
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Distribution
Monotypic endemic genus known only from the eastern coastal forests in the Malagasy Republic.
Madagascar Africa|