Foetidia Comm. ex Lam.

Lecythidaceae, G. R. W. Sangai (East African Herbarium). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit

Small to medium-sized glabrous trees

Morphology Leaves

Leaves alternate, borne towards the tips of the branches, persistent or deciduous, petiolate, coriaceous, entire, pinnately nerved, involute when young

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers axillary, solitary or in small cymes, 3–5-merous, apetalous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle

Receptacle top-shaped

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Sepals 3–5, coriaceous, valvate or reduplicate-valvate, persistent, sometimes enlarging on the fruit

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens numerous, in many series, sometimes in 4 groups opposite the sepals; filaments free, unequal, often bent in bud; anthers elliptic or oblong

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil

Ovary inferior, 3–5-locular, the locules equal in number to the sepals and alternating with them; style slender, shortly divided into 3–5 branches at the top; ovules 15–20 in each locule, horizontal or oblique, anatropous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit cone- or top-shaped, very tough or woody, round in section or with 3–5 wings or angles alternating with the sepals, 1–4-locular, each locule1-seeded

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds small, elongate or subglobose; albumen thin and fleshy; embryo narrow, slightly curved, with a long radicle.