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imbricate, pure white, fragrant; stamens 10, the filaments 6 to 12 mm long, the style 5 to
9 mm long; ovary 2-locular, styles with capitate stigma; fruit, 1 to 1.3 cm long, an ovoid
to ellipsoid reddish-orange berry; seeds, 1 to 2, villous. Planted ornamental and pot plant
at Location. 6(184), 7.
Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
eteweo, eteweau (N)
syns. Ptelea viscosa L.
SAPINDACEAE (Soapberry Family)
"native hop bush"
Indigenous. Pantropical. Common. Shrub or small tree, 0.5 to 6 m high, with
angular branchlets and slightly sticky resinous exudate; leaves, 5 to 12 cm long and 1 to
3 cm wide, alternate, narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, acute at both ends, long-
attenuate at base, margins somewhat wavy, firm to somewhat coriaceous, olive green
above, paler beneath, somewhat viscid appearing varnished, subsessile; petioles, 1 to 2
mm long, winged; inflorescences, in short, lax terminal or axillary panicles about half as
long as the leaves, individual flowers about 4 mm across, greenish-yellow; calyx, 5-
parted; petals none; disk, small or obsolete; stamens, usually 8, distinct; fruit, 15 to 20
mm in diameter, inflated, papery, reddish or orange to brown, 2- to 4-winged (lobed)
capsule, the wings membranous, veiny, glabrous; seeds, 1 or 2 per lobe, black, with a
spiral embryo. Common in scrub and occasional in plateau forest; occasional in revege-
tated older mined areas. Strong but flexible trunks and branches used for fishing rods and
for frames for flying-fish and noddy nets; leaves occasionally used to scent coconut oil.
2, 3(58598, 58637), 5(73), 6, 7, 8(9578).
Nephelium litchi Camb.
syn . Litchi chinensis Sonn
"lychee" , "lychee nut"
Recent introduction. S. China. Rare. Small to medium tree, up to 10 m high, with
a heavy trunk, spreading crown and thick foliage; leaves, paripinnate with 2 to 4 pairs of
leaflets; leaflets, 8 to 15 cm long and 3 to 4 cm wide, elliptic-oblong, coriaceous, glossy;
inflorescences, large terminal panicles; individual flowers, small, pale greenish-yellow;
calyx, 5-parted; petals none; disk, annular; stamens 6 to 10; fruit, 3 to 3.5 cm in
diameter, pendent in loose clusters, covered with small pyramidal tubercles, usually
bright red to purplish when ripe; pulp-like aril, white, translucent, fleshy, somewhat
*bqw~-~-edihle,\Kith-a=elike consistency; seed, dark brown,
covered by aril. Planted fruit tree seedling. 6.