| # The genera of Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae and Swartzieae |

L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz

### Sindoropsis J. Léon.

Type species: S. letestui (Pellegr.) J. Léonard.

Habit and leaf form. Trees; unarmed.

The leaves compound; pinnate; paripinnate. The leaflets many per leaf; alternate; petiolulate; without noticeably twisted petiolules; elliptic-acuminate, pellucid-punctate, each with a marginal gland near the base; closely pinnately veined, with a predominant ‘midrib’ (this gland-tipped); with a strong, continuous marginal nerve. Stipules absent or early caducous or very inconspicuous in mature leaves (caducous); membranous. Stipels absent.

Inflorescence and floral morphology. The inflorescences axillary (shorter than the leaves); unbranched; simple racemes. The flowers distichous. Bracts small, absent at anthesis. Bracteoles present; small, not enclosing the flower buds; absent at anthesis; not valvate; free.

The flowers hermaphrodite; not pentamerous throughout; departing from pentamery in the calyx and in the corolla. Hypanthium present (short). Calyx 4; covering the rest of the flower in bud; not Swartzieae type; polysepalous; more or less regular; members imbricate to not imbricate (subvalvate). Corolla present; very irregular; 1; with the one elliptic, glabrous, caducous petal, without greatly reduced members; monopetalous. Petals clawed. Disk absent. The androecium comprising 10 members; with united members (9 of the 10 being joined basally); members markedly unequal; comprising only fertile stamens. Fertile stamens 10 (all with similar anthers). Anthers attached well above the base of the connective; dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary stipitate; eccentric, with the stipe adnate. Ovules numerous.

Fruit, seed and seedling. Fruit 1–2 seeded, a two-valved pod (with elongate valves); much compressed, oblong-lanceolate acuminate, straight; without markedly twisting or enrolling valves; the valves thin, leathery, not becoming woody. The mature valves with conspicuous, prominent, raised venation; conspicuous venation not predominantly longitudinal. Seeds not arillate; with a straight or slightly oblique radicle. Cotyledons epigeal.

Transverse section of lamina. Mesophyll secretory cavities (gland-dots) common; epithelium-lined.

Wood anatomy. Wood without septate fibres; not storied; with normal intercellular canals; without traumatic canals.

Species number and distribution. 1 species (S. letestui). Tropical Africa.

Tribe. Detarieae; Detarieae sensu stricto clade of Bruneau et al. (2008).

Miscellaneous. Illustrations: • Sindoropsis letestui: Aubréville, Flore du Gabon (1968). • Sindoropsis letestui, e.m. scanned pollen (Graham & Barker, 1981).

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Cite this publication as: ‘Watson, L., and Dallwitz, M.J. 1993 onwards. The genera of Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae and Swartzieae: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval. In English and French. Version: 4th August 2019. delta-intkey.com’.

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