Cyathocalyx
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Cyathocalyx is a small genus
Genus
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 with about 36 species
Species
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 distributed from southern India, Sri Lanka, through Malaysia, Indomalayan islands and reaches as far as Fiji in the South Pacific.

The salient features of the genus includes- monopodial trees, supra-axillary or nearly leaf-opposed inflorescences, six petals which are basally concave and constricted above the reproductive organs to form a "pollination chamber".

Species include:
  • Cyathocalyx augustipetalus R. J. Wang & R. M. K. Saunders
  • Cyathocalyx biovulatus Boerl.
  • Cyathocalyx crassipetalus
  • Cyathocalyx crinatus
  • Cyathocalyx deltoideus
  • Cyathocalyx havilandii
  • Cyathocalyx hexagynus
  • Cyathocalyx insularis A.C.Sm.
  • Cyathocalyx magnifructus
  • Cyathocalyx pruniferus
  • Cyathocalyx pubescens
  • Cyathocalyx samarensis
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