Colona
Cav.
Trees, covered with stellate hairs. Leaves simple, usually oblique; stipules often
foliaceous and persistent, sometimes oblique. Flowers small, clustered; clusters in terminal panicles. Sepals 5, free. Petals 5, free, glandular within the base. Stamens
numerous, free, arising from a raised receptacle. Ovary 2 - 5-loculed; locules 2 - 4-ovuled; style subulate. Capsules roundish; cocci 2 -
5, vertically winged, indehiscent,
1-seeded. Seeds endospermous; cotyledons flat.
China through Malaysia and the Philippine Islands to New Guinea and the East Pacific Islands, ca 30 species; 2 in India.
China through Malaysia and the Philippine Islands to New Guinea and the East Pacific Islands, ca 30 species; 2 in India.
KEY TO THE SPECIES
| 1a. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, not lobed, 3-nerved at base | 1. Colona flagrocarpa |
| b. Leaves rotundate-ovate or ovate-oblong. shortly lobed, 3 - 7-nerved at base | 2. Colona floribunda |
