Irvingiaceae

Irvingia malayana

The Irvingiaceae are a family in the order of Malpighienartigen ( Malpighiales ) within the angiosperms ( Magnoliopsida ).

Dissemination

They have a paläotropische distribution.

Description

The types of Irvingiaceae family trees. The change-constant leaves are simple and leathery. The stipules are large or very long.

The small flowers are fünfzählig. You have a clearly recognizable discus, calyx and corolla. There are nine rare, usually ten free stamens present. The two or five carpels are fused. It is formed a drupe, or a nut winged fruit.

System

The Irvingiaceae family contains three genera with a total of ten species:

• Desbordesia Pierre ex Tiegh. With the only kind: Desbordesia insignis Pierre; they occur in tropical West Africa

• Irvingia gabonensis ( Aubry - Lecomte ex O'Rorke ) Baill.

• Klainedoxa gabonensis Pierre
• Klainedoxa trillesii Pierre ex Tiegh.

Use

The fruit of Irvingia barteri is used as food and for oil extraction. Some species are lumber.

Swell

• The Irvingiaceae in APWebsite family. (Section Description and systematics)
• The family at DELTA. (English )
• David John Mabberley: The Plant-Book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge University Press 1987. ISBN 0-521-34060-8