Brackenridgea
A. Gray
Trees with spreading branches. Stipules small, free, often laciniate, caducous.
Leaves shinig above, coriaceous; nerves strongly curved upwards, nervelets branching
more or less transversely. Inflorescence thyrsoid or short cymes of umbelloid appearance; rachis often growing vegetatively after flowering; bracts many, small, caducous;
pedicels filiform, caducous. Flowers with hemispherical turns which turns red in fruit.
Sepals 5, fleshy, red in fruit. Petals 5 (-10) white or yellow. Stamens 10 or more with
subterete filaments; anthers dehiscing from apex downwards by longitudinal slits. Ovary
obovoid, carpels 5(-10); stigma small. Fruits 1 - 2(-5), reddish, turning black when ripe.
5 species in S. and S.E. Asia(Andamans, Kochang, Sumatra, Malesia, New Guinea, Queensland and Fiji.); 1 species in India.
5 species in S. and S.E. Asia(Andamans, Kochang, Sumatra, Malesia, New Guinea, Queensland and Fiji.); 1 species in India.
