Dodonaea
L.
Shrubs, rarely attaining tree habit; branches slender, often viscous, angular;
bark ash black-reddish brown. Leaves alternate, subsessile, simple or abruptly
pinnate, exstipulate. Inflorescence lateral and terminal, racemes or panicles.
Flowers polygamous. Sepals 2 - 5, imbricate or valvate. Petals absent. Disc very small in female flowers; obsolete in male ones. Stamens 5 - 10, usually 8, inserted
on outer face of disc; filaments short; anthers linear-oblong. Ovary 3 - 6-loculed,
sessile; ovules 2 in each cell. Capsules membranous or coriaceous, septicidally
2 - 6 -valved, valves winged, cells 1 - 2-seeded. Seeds lenticular or subglobose,
compressed.
Tropical and subtropical regions, chiefly Australian; ca 55 species, 2 in India.
Literature. LEENHOUTS, P.W. (1983). Notes on the Extra Australian species of Dodonaea (Sapindaceae). Blumea 28(2): 271ยท289.
Tropical and subtropical regions, chiefly Australian; ca 55 species, 2 in India.
Literature. LEENHOUTS, P.W. (1983). Notes on the Extra Australian species of Dodonaea (Sapindaceae). Blumea 28(2): 271ยท289.
KEY TO THE SPECIES
| 1a. Flowers mostly unisexual, often dioecious; scar of sepals on fruit usually annular, occasionally slightly lobed; fruits glandular, reddish tinged, especially the wings | 1. Dodonaea angustifolia |
| b. Flowers bisexual; scar of sepals under fruit mostly strongly lobed; fruits straw-coloured or brownish | 2. Dodonaea viscosa |
