Haematocarpus Miers

Lianas. Leaves slightly or not peltate, elliptic, 3-nerved. Inflorescence axillary, terminal or cauliflorous panicle or raceme. Male flowers: sepals 12 - 15 in 3 whorls, imbricate, much smaller in outer whorls; petals 6, inner 3 auriculate at base, clasping the stamen; stamens 6, free; connectives enlarged, projecting inwards. Female flowers: sepals and petals as in male flowers; staminodes 6, minute; carpels 6, style reflexed. Drupes oblong-ellipsoid, narrowed at base into a stalk; style-scar near base; endocarp smooth. Seeds curved; endosperm absent; radicle short; cotyledons long, thick.

N.E. India, Bangladesh to Malesia; ca 3 species, one in India.

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