Spondias
L.
Trees, plants polygamous, wholly or partly deciduous. Leaves alternate,
imparipinnate, petiolate; leaflets entire, serrate to crenulate, with intramarginal
veins. Panicles terminal and axillary. Flowers bisexual or unisexual. Calyx
5 or 4-lobed, caducous, imbricate. Petals 5 or free, valvate. Stamens 10 or
8. Disc cupular, broadly lobed. Carpels 5 or 4, syncarpous; ovary superior,
5 or 4 or 1-loculed, 1-ovule in each locule; styles 5 - 4, free. Drupes 5 or
1-loculed. Seed with testa free from the endocarp.
Mainly in Tropical America and South-East Asia; 10 - 12 species, 1 in India.
Literature. AIRY SHAW, H.K. & L.C. FORMAN (1967) The genus Spondias L. (Anacardiaceae) in tropical Asia. Kew Bull. 21: 1-19.
Mainly in Tropical America and South-East Asia; 10 - 12 species, 1 in India.
Literature. AIRY SHAW, H.K. & L.C. FORMAN (1967) The genus Spondias L. (Anacardiaceae) in tropical Asia. Kew Bull. 21: 1-19.
