Drimycarpus
Hook.f
Trees; plants dioecious or polygamous. Leaves simple, alternate, entire,
petiolate. Panicles axillary or terminal. Flowers unisexual or rarely bisexual.
Calyx 5-lobed, lobes imbricate. Petals 5, free, imbricate. Stamens 5. Disc
annular, concave. Carpels 3, syncarpous; ovary inferior, 1-loculed, 1-ovuled;
style 1; stigmas obscurely 3-lobed. Fruit a Drupe, crowned with persistent
sepals
South East Asia; ca 2 or more species, 1 in India.
Notes. When sterile, specimens of Drimycarpus are similar to Mangifera and Semecarpus in appearance, but can be distinguished by the presence of a distinct marginal vein which does not occur in the latter two.
South East Asia; ca 2 or more species, 1 in India.
Notes. When sterile, specimens of Drimycarpus are similar to Mangifera and Semecarpus in appearance, but can be distinguished by the presence of a distinct marginal vein which does not occur in the latter two.
