Denhamia

Denhamia oleaster, leaves and fruits

Denhamia is a plant genus of the family of spindle tree family ( Celastraceae ).

Description

Denhamia are bare trees or shrubs. The leaves are alternate and are entire or toothed.

The inflorescence is terminal or achselbürtig and sympodial. The flowers are bisexual and fünfzählig, the discus is ring-shaped, fleshy, and five-lobed.

The anthers open lengthwise to the center of the flower out of the ovary is two to fünffächrig, for each subject there are two to ten upright ovules.

The fruit is an ovoid or spherical, bony capsule which opens along the compartments and contains one to several seeds. The seeds are elliptical or egg-shaped and rich in protein, the aril covers the seeds only at the base.

Dissemination

The genus is native to the eastern and northern Australia, where it occurs from humid forests to dry thickets.

System

The genus includes seven species, including:

• Denhamia moorei Jessup.

Evidence

• M. P. Simmons: Celastraceae. In: Klaus Kubitzki (ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants - Volume VI - Flowering Plants - Dicotyledons - Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. 2004, pp. 29-64

• Celastraceae
• Spindle tree plants