Connarus

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Connarus
File:Connarus paniculatus 13.JPG
Fruits of Connarus paniculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Connaraceae
Genus: Connarus
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Type species
Connarus monocarpos
L. [2]
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Connarus is a genus of plants in the family Connaraceae with a pan-tropical distribution.

Description

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Plants in this genus are vines, shrubs or small trees. Leaves are compound, either trifoliate or imparipinnate. The inflorescences are panicles, usually terminal or axillary, individual flowers are bisexual (i.e. each having both male and female organs), pentamerous (with five parts), and covered with glands; petals are free of each other, there are ten stamens in two whorls, the inner whorl shorter, and one carpel. The fruit are flattened follicles, often with a stipe at the base and a small beak at the apex, opening on a longitudinal suture. Seeds one, black with a fleshy yellow sarcotesta.[3][4][5][6]

Distribution and habitat

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Connarus species are distributed throughout the tropics of Africa, Asia and the Americas, and extends into some temperate areas as well (southern Brazil and southern China).[1][7]

Species

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As of February 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following 106 species:[1]

References

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