Kingdom Plantae Family Connaraceae | Order Oxalidales Rank Genus | |
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Similar Connaraceae, Connarus, Rourea, Cnestidium, Cnestis | ||
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Ellipanthus is a genus of plants in the family Connaraceae. The generic name is from the Greek meaning "defective flower", referring to the incomplete development of some of the stamens.
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Medicinal rice p5j formulations for ellipanthus excess pankaj oudhia s medicinal plant database
Description
Ellipanthus species grow as shrubs or small trees. The twigs are tomentose, especially when young. Inflorescences consist of four or five flowers. The fruits are densely tomentose with a woody pericarp.
Distribution and habitat
Ellipanthus species grow naturally in Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, mainland Southeast Asia and Malesia. Their habitat is lowland mixed dipterocarp forest and mixed swamp forest.
Species
As of May 2014 The Plant List recognises 10 accepted taxa (of species and infraspecific names):
References
Ellipanthus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA