Dais Royen ex L.

Thymelaeaceae, B. Peterson (University of Göteborg). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1978

Habit

Deciduous, many-branched shrubs or trees

Branches

Branches dark or greyish brown, striate, glabrous

Leaves

Leaves often at the ends of the branches, opposite or alternate, petiolate; blade glabrous, with a slightly bluish tinge above, light green beneath, midrib and pinnate lateral veins yellow beneath, slightly raised, lateral veins curve before reaching the margin, indistinctly reticulate

Inflorescences

Inflorescence a dense, peduncled, terminal head Involucral bracts rigid, persistent

Calyx

Calyx-tube cylindric, often slightly curved, circumscissile above the ovary; lobes 5 (rarely 4), outer slightly larger than the inner

Corolla

Petals lacking

Stamens

Stamens 10, 2-seriate

Pistil

Ovary 1-chambered; disc cupular, irregularly lobed; style lateral, filiform; stigma capitate, papillose.

Flora Zambesiaca. Vol. 9, Part 3. Polygonaceae-Myriaceae. Pope GV, Polhill RM, Martins ES. 2006.

Branches

Branches dark- or greyish-brown, striate, glabrous

Corolla

Petals lacking Petals lacking.

Stamens

Stamens 10, 2-whorled, inserted on the calyx tube Stamens 10, 2-whorled, inserted on the calyx tube.

Ovary

Ovary 1-locular; disk cupular, irregularly lobed; style lateral, filiform; stigma capitate, papillose.

Distribution

Two species, one in east and south-eastern Africa, the other in Madagascar.

Habit

Deciduous, much branched shrubs and trees. Deciduous, much branched shrubs and trees

Stem

Branches dark- or greyish-brown, striate, glabrous.

Leaves

Leaves opposite or alternate, often at the ends of the branches, petiolate; lamina glabrous, with a slightly bluish tinge above, light green beneath; midrib and pinnate lateral veins yellow or pale green beneath, slightly raised, the lateral veins curving before reaching the margin, indistinctly reticulate. Leaves opposite or alternate, often at the ends of the branches, petiolate; lamina glabrous, with a slightly bluish tinge above, light green beneath; midrib and pinnate lateral veins yellow or pale green beneath, slightly raised, the lateral veins curving before reaching the margin, indistinctly reticulate

Inflorescences

Inflorescence a dense, peduncled, terminal head. Inflorescence a dense, peduncled, terminal head

Calyx

Calyx tube cylindric, often slightly curved, usually circumscissile above the ovary; lobes 5 (rarely 4), outer slightly larger than the inner. Calyx tube cylindric, often slightly curved, usually circumscissile above the ovary; lobes 5 (rarely 4), outer slightly larger than the inner

Pistil

Ovary 1-locular; disk cupular, irregularly lobed; style lateral, filiform; stigma capitate, papillose.