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8. Radermachera Zollinger & Moritzi in Zollinger, Syst. Verz. 3: 53. 1855.

菜豆树属 cai dou shu shu

Trees. Leaves opposite, 1-3-pinnately compound; leaflets entire, petiolate. Inflorescences paniculate or reduced almost to fascicles, terminal or lateral; bracts and bractlets linear or leaflike. Calyx campanulate, apex 5-lobed or truncate. Corolla funnelform-campanulate or salverform; tube short or long, limb slightly bilabiate; lobes rounded, spreading. Stamens 4(or 5), didynamous or subequal; staminode usually present. Disc annular, slightly fleshy. Ovary terete; ovules numerous, 2-rowed in each locule. Style included; stigma ligulate, 2-lobed. Capsule dehiscing loculicidally, long, terete, 2-angular; septum compressed, woody. Seeds compressed, transparent membranous winged at both ends.

About 16 species: tropical Asia; seven species in China.


1 Leaves 1-pinnately compound.   (2)
+ Leaves 2- or 3-pinnately compound.   (3)
       
2 (1) Calyx 3-5 X 3-5 mm; corolla pale yellow, ca. 3 cm; leaflets 4-6 cm wide   1 Radermachera microcalyx
+ Calyx ca. 8 mm; corolla white, ca. 3.7 cm; leaflets 7-9 cm wide   2 Radermachera glandulosa
       
3 (1) Fertile stamens 5   3 Radermachera pentandra
+ Fertile stamens 4.   (5)
       
5 (3) Capsule woody, densely white lenticellate   4 Radermachera yunnanensis
+ Capsule thick leathery, without lenticels.   (6)
       
6 (5) Petioles, leaf rachis, and inflorescences pubescent   6 Radermachera frondosa
+ Petioles, leaf rachis, and inflorescences glabrous.   (7)
       
7 (6) Corolla 6-8 cm, white to pale yellow; capsule ca. 85 X 1 cm   5 Radermachera sinica
+ Corolla 3.5-5 cm, golden yellow; capsule ca. 40 X 0.5 cm   7 Radermachera hainanensis

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