Friesodielsia
van Steenis
Climbers. Leaves parallel-nerved, forming broken or indistinct loops, reticulations
scalariform. Flowers bisexual, leaf-opposed or extra-axillary. Sepals 3, valvate. Petals 6
(3 + 3), valvate; outer larger than inner, flat or triquetrous, narrow, leathery, more or
less spreading; inner much smaller, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, conniving over stamens
and carpels. Stamens many, linear-oblong or cuneate, truncate; anther-thecae dorsal,
remote; connectives flat at the top or slightly convex. Carpels oblong or cylindric,
strigose; ovules 1 - 2, subbasal, ascending; style short, recurved; stigma subcapitate. Ripe
carpels many, ovoid or oblong, stalked. Seed 1.
Africa, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Philippines; ca 55 species, 2 in India.
Literature. DAS, D. (1963) Studies on Indian and Burmese Annonaceae. Bull. Bot. Surv. India. 5(1): 93. STEENIS, C.G.G.J. van (1948) Bull. Bot. Gard. Buitenz. 17: 457 - 464.
Africa, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and Philippines; ca 55 species, 2 in India.
Literature. DAS, D. (1963) Studies on Indian and Burmese Annonaceae. Bull. Bot. Surv. India. 5(1): 93. STEENIS, C.G.G.J. van (1948) Bull. Bot. Gard. Buitenz. 17: 457 - 464.
KEY TO THE SPECIES
| 1a. Pedicels of flowers ca 1 cm long | 1. Friesodielsia fornicata |
| b. Pedicels of flowers 3 - 4 cm long | 2. Friesodielsia khoshooi |
