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TINCTORIAE Schneider


Evergreen shrubs. Inflorescences racemose, umbellate, pseudoumbellate or fascicled or occasionally corymbose paniculate. Ovules 1 - 5. Stamens edentate. Fruits pale, bright or dark red, often epruinose.

India, E. Africa, Arabia, Afghanistan, Nepal. Bhutan, China (Tibet) and Sri Lanka.



KEY TO THE SUBSECTIONS


1a. Ovules usually 1 - 2 2. EUTINCTORIAE
b. Ovules usually 4 - 5 2
2a. Styles conspicuous, 0.5 - 1.5 mm long 1. CHITRIAE
b. Styles absent 3
3a. Inflorescences 2 - 10-flowered, sub umbellate or sub fascicled 4. UMBELLATAE
b. Inflorescences 10 - 25-flowered, racemose 3. LINDLEYANAE


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