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5. Carallia Roxburgh, Pl. Coromandel. 3: 8. 1811.
竹节树属 zhu jie shu shu
Barraldeia Thouars; Diatoma Loureiro; Karekandel Wolf; Petalotoma Candolle.
Shrubs or trees. Stipules lanceolate. Leaf blade margin entire or serrate. Inflorescences dichasial cymes. Bracteoles present. Calyx lobes 5-8, deltoid. Petals 5-8, conspicuously clawed. Stamens twice as many as petals, free, persistent, of 2 lengths, shorter ones opposite petals. Disk annular, fleshy. Ovary inferior, 5-8-loculed; ovules 2 per locule; style filiform; stigma discoid, capitate, or obscurely lobed. Fruit pulpy, 1-loculed. Seeds 1(-5), arillate, not viviparous.
About ten species: S and SE Asia, N Australia, Madagascar, New Guinea, Pacific islands: four species (two endemic) in China.
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Leaf blade margin entire or denticulate to serrulate for 1/3-1/2 its length |
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Leaf blade margin serrulate |
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Leaf blade obovate, obovate-oblong, or rarely suborbicular, 5-15 × 2-10 cm; peduncle and branches of inflorescence slender. |
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1 C. brachiata |
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Leaf blade elliptic to broadly elliptic, 10-17 × 5-9 cm; peduncle and branches of inflorescence thick. |
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2 C. garciniifolia |
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Petals rose red, twice as many as calyx lobes, in 2 whorls, outer petals larger than inner ones. |
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3 C. diplopetala |
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Petals white, as many as calyx lobes, in 1 whorl, equal in size. |
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4 C. pectinifolia |
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