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Acronychia Papuana
''Acronychia'' is a genus of about fifty species of plants in the rue family Rutaceae. The leaves are simple or pinnate, and the flowers bisexual with four sepals, four petals and eight stamens. They have a broad distribution including in India, Malesia, Australia and the islands of the western Pacific Ocean. About twenty species are endemic to Australia. Description Plants in the genus ''Acronychia'' are shrubs or trees with simple or trifoliate leaves arranged in opposite pairs and with oil glands in the leaves. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils either singly or in cymes or panicles. The flowers are bisexual, with four sepals, four petals and eight stamens. The petals are free from each other, as are the stamens. The stigma is small, not differentiated from the style, the fruit is a drupe and the seeds are black. Taxonomy and naming The genus ''Acronychia'' was first formally described in 1775 by Johann Reinhold Forster and Georg Forster in their book ''Charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acronychia Pedunculata
''Acronychia pedunculata'' is a large shrub or small tree of the understory, gaps and fringes of low country and lower hill tropical forests of tropical Asia. Description Leaves: elliptic to suboblong, often with tapered base. Twigs more or less angular, glabrous. Flowers: greenish white; I-acillary, corymbose panicles, about across in inflorescences of wide. Flowering: February–April, July–August. The fruits are cream to brownish yellow drupes, slightly angled, in diameter with a short apiculate tip. Leaves and fruits, and other parts of the plant, contain aromatic oils with a resinous scent. In Sri Lanka, the flowering time is February–April and July–August. Distribution South and Southeast Asia from India & Sri Lanka to South China & Taiwan, Indochina, Malesia & Papua New Guinea. Local names * * * Nepali: Paolay * Assamese: Laojan * Tamil & Malayalam: Mutta-nari Uses Extracts of its leaves, bark, stems and fruits are widely used in herbal medicinal ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
