Schima

Schima wallichii

Schima is a plant genus of the family of Teestrauchgewächse ( Theaceae ).

Description

Schima are evergreen trees, their leaves are spirally, leathery, and either entire or notched.

The flowers are often found clustered at the end of the branches. The flower stalks are short. There are two ( rarely more) bracteoles, they have become obsolete and sit at the upper third of the peduncle.

The five sepals are shaped approximately equal, the five petals are fused weak at the base, the outermost sheet enveloping the other as a bud. The stamens are adherent to their approach to the petals.

The ovary is five-to siebenfächrig, unbranched containing from two to six ovules per carpel, which is stylus. The fruit is a capsule approximately round, the cup remains on the fruit set on her. The seeds are kidney-shaped, narrowly winged and flat. The embryo is curved, the cotyledons are thin, unequal in shape and flat or folded lengthwise. The endosperm is thin.

Dissemination

The genus is restricted to Southeast Asia, it is spread southward from India and China to New Guinea.

System

The genus consists of either 1 or up to 30 species, in particular:

• Schima wallichii ( DC.) Korth.

Evidence

• P.F. Stevens, S. Dressler, A. L. Weitzman: Theaceae. In: Klaus Kubitzki (ed.): The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Volume 6: Flowering Plants, Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg / New York 2004, ISBN 3-540-06512-1, pp. 463-471, doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-07257-8 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).

• Teestrauchgewächse
• Theaceae