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Staphylea Linn., Sp. P1. 270. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 374. 1754; Hiern in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 1: 698. 1875; Boiss., Fl. Or. 1: 953. 1867; L. H. Bailey, Stand. Cyclop. Hort.6; 3227.1917; Joh. Krause in Engl., Nat. Pflamzenfam. 2 Aufl. 20B: 293 1960; P. W. Ball in Tutin et al Fl. Eur 2: 242. 1968.
Bumalda Thunb.Staphylis St-Lag.Staphylodendron Miller
Large deciduous shrubs or small trees. Leaves trifoliolate, stipules deciduous; leaflets serrate. Flowers in terminal panicles, 5-merous; pedicel jointed. Stamens 5, filaments pubescent at the base; anthers bilocular, dehis¬cing longitudinally, versatile. Ovary 3-2-lobed, 3-2-locular; styles 3-2; stigmas more or less capitate. Fruit an inflated capsule. Seeds exarillate.
A genus of 11 species; N. America, Europe and Asia. Represented in W. Pakistan by 1 species only.
Lower Taxon
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