Mitrephora
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| Mitrephora | |
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| Flower of Mitrephora diversifolia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Tribe: | Miliuseae |
| Genus: | Mitrephora (Blume) Hook.f. & Thomson[1] |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Kinginda Kuntze | |
Mitrephora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Annonaceae, that are native to an area that extends from China in the north to Queensland. Plants in the genus Mitrephora are also found in southern India (Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and Southeast Asia.
Plants in the genus Mitrephora are trees or shrubs, the young shoots covered with reddish-brown hairs. The flowers are bisexual, usually arranged singly or in small groups in leaf axils. The sepals are valvate and fused at the base. The petals are valvate, the outer petals broad, flat and spreading, the inner petals with a broadly egg-shaped or spade-shaped blade with a long, narrow hinge at the base. The edges of the blades are fused. The stamens are wedge-shaped and the anthers are hidden. There are usually many carpels containing several ovules, and the stigma is more or less sessile. The fruit is fleshy, more or less spherical and yellow, containing several seeds.[2]
