Dillenia

Dillenia is a genus of evergreen or semi-evergreen trees and shrubs in the flowering plant family Dilleniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Australasia, and the Indian Ocean islands.
The genus is named after the German botanist Johann Jacob Dillenius.

Structure

The leaves are simple and spirally arranged. They are generally large, in the case of Dillenia reticulata reaching in length and about wide.
The flowers are solitary, or in terminal racemes, with five sepals and five petals, numerous stamens, and a cluster of five to 20 carpels. Some species, such as Dillenia indica and Dillenia megalantha can have flower diameters of. They are superficially similar in appearance to Magnolia flowers.

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Species

, Plants of the World Online recognises the following 60 species:

Dillenia alata
Dillenia albiflos
Dillenia andamanica
Dillenia aurea
Dillenia auriculata
Dillenia beccariana
Dillenia biflora
Dillenia blanchardii
Dillenia bolsteri
Dillenia borneensis
Dillenia bracteata
Dillenia castaneifolia
Dillenia celebica
Dillenia crenatifolia
Dillenia cyclopensis
Dillenia diantha
Dillenia excelsa
Dillenia fagifolia
Dillenia ferruginea
Dillenia fischeri
Dillenia grandifolia
Dillenia hookeri
Dillenia indica
Dillenia ingens
Dillenia insignis
Dillenia insularum
Dillenia luzoniensis
Dillenia mansonii
Dillenia marsupialis
Dillenia megalantha
Dillenia monantha
Dillenia montana
Dillenia nalagi
Dillenia obovata
Dillenia ochreata
Dillenia ovalifolia
Dillenia ovata
Dillenia papuana
Dillenia parkinsonii
Dillenia parviflora
Dillenia pentagyna
Dillenia philippinensis
Dillenia pteropoda
Dillenia pulchella
Dillenia quercifolia
Dillenia reifferscheidia
Dillenia reticulata
Dillenia retusa
Dillenia salomonensis
Dillenia scabrella
Dillenia schlechteri
Dillenia serrata
Dillenia sibuyanensis
Dillenia suffruticosa
Dillenia sumatrana
Dillenia talaudensis
Dillenia tetrapetala
Dillenia tirupatiensis
Dillenia triquetra
''Dillenia turbinata''