Coriaria
L.
Description and distribution same as the family.
Notes. Nitrogen-fixing root nodules are known in some species of Coriaria (Bond in Nature 193: 1103. 1962).
Notes. Nitrogen-fixing root nodules are known in some species of Coriaria (Bond in Nature 193: 1103. 1962).
KEY TO THE SPECIES
1a. Woody shrubs; leaves usually prominently 3-nerved from base; racemes in clusters or fascicles produced usually on old wood in axils of leaf scars and leaves or at ends of short lateral branches; anthers equal to or shorter than filaments | 1. Coriaria nepalensis |
b. Herbaceous perennials; leaves usually prominently 7-nerved from base; racemes terminal, always solitary; anthers much longer than filaments | 2. Coriaria terminalis |