
General Info – summary This thickset Tree has a thick corky trunk & may reach 18m high or much less. Twice compound, Leathery, shiny Leaves have long petioles, hairless margins & usually evergreen. The leathery leaflets are shiny and have a tapering or pointed apex. Greenish yellow, 5-merous Flowers are in simple spikes. 5 Anthers have […]

General Info – summary This short, pachycaul plant is a little branched Tree up to 6m high and develops a rough trunk up to 0,6m wide. Bark becomes longitudinally fissured. Long palmately, once compound leathery and glabrous Leaves occur at branch ends & have a long petiole. Leaflets are up to 30 x 6cm. Small, 5-merous, […]

General Info – summary This much-branched monoecious Tree is up to 6m+ high and 0,6m wide. The deeply fissured bark is corky. The palmate, simple Leaves have 3 to 5 deep lobes with conspicuous midribs and irregularly toothed margins. Greenish yellow, 5-merous Flowers are in spikes at branch ends. The inferior ovary has 2 locules […]

General Info – summary This evergreen Tree is up to 16+m high. The simple alternate, leathery Leaves are ovate, oblong or elliptic and lack stipules. The greenish white Flowers are small, bisexual and regular. The tepals are in 2 rows of 3 each and 9 stamens are present. The sessile, superior, 1 chambered ovary has […]

General Info – summary This monoecious Tree is up to 12m+ high, has watery latex and initially smooth bark. Each simple alternate Leaf is ovate. The base has up to 5 side veins and 2 stalked glands. The small, unisexual, regular, 5-merous Flowers are in racemes. Male has many stamens, and the fewer female flowers have […]