Stelechocarpus
Stelechocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Annonaceae. Its native range is Indo-China to western and central Malesia.
Description
Plants in this genus are trees growing to about in height with all parts hairless, or nearly so. They are, i.e. flowers are either male or female, and both sexes are produced on each plant. Inflorescences emerge from warty protuberances on the trunk and branches, usually with the female inflorescences lower down on the tree than the male ones. Flowers have three sepals and two whorls of three petals each. Male flowers have many stamens; female flowers have few stamens and many carpels; the fruits are globose monocarps.Distribution
They are native to Thailand, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra.Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson (botanistSpecies
, Plants of the World Online accepts the following three species:- Stelechocarpus burahol Hook.f. & Thomson
- Stelechocarpus cauliflorus R.E.Fr.
- Stelechocarpus expansus I.M.Turner