Family and Genus Descriptions

black when mature, the stipes remaining red or

cherry red. Seeds one per monocarp with ruminate
endosperm. Distribution: Mexico to Bolivia.

Klarobelia Chatrou. Shrubs or trees to 10 m tall.

Infructescence terminal. Fruit apocarpous with up
to 40 long-stipitate monocarps, to 1.5 cm long, yel-
low, red, or later black when mature. Seeds one per
monocarp, ruminate, the surface lightly striate. Re-
lated to Malmea. Distribution: Lowland Amazon.

Annonaceae - Onychopetalum (1.4x; 20.98 x 20.98)

Oxandra A. Rich. Trees to 28 m tall. Leaves of

some species pubescent with simple hairs or with in-
conspicuous venation. Infructescence axillary and
borne from the stems. Fruit apocarpous, with 1–6
stipitate monocarps, to 1.5 cm long, typically black
when mature. Seeds one per monocarp, the endo-
sperm ruminate. Distribution: Brazil and Peru.

Annonaceae - Klarobelia (1.58x; 19.26 x 10.94)

Malmea R. E. Fries. Trees to 25 m tall. Infructes-

cence axillary or borne from the stems. Fruit apocar-
pous with up to 60 stipitate monocarps to 2 cm long,
red when mature; the stipes much longer than in
other genera, red when mature. Seeds one per mono-
carp, the endosperm ruminate. Related to Klarobelia.
Distribution: Lowland Amazon and southern Central
America.

Annonaceae - Oxandra (2.14x; 18.86 x 12.13)

Annonaceae - Malmea (2.26x; 19.11 x 11.96)

Onychopetalum R.E. Fries. Trees to 28 m tall. Dis-

tinct from other genera on the basis of much thicker
leaves with weaker venation. Some species exude
red resin from the trunk. Fruit with one monocarp, to
6 cm long, deeply red or approaching black when
mature, the mesocarp yellow, very aromatic. Seeds
1–4 per monocarp, the endosperm ruminate. Distri-
bution: Northern Brazil to Peru.
Annonaceae - Oxandra (2.92x; 12.46 x 9.02)
Porcelia R. & P. Trees to 30 m tall. Leaves coria-
ceous with curved midvein. Fruit apocarpous, with
1–5 sessile monocarps, to 8 cm long, green when ma-
ture, the exocarp to 1 cm thick. Seeds flat, several
per monocarp. Distribution: Brazil, Bolivia, and Peru.