77. MELIACEAE-78. MALPIGHIACEAE. U9. 



or 0. Stigma lobed. Fruit drupelike. Seeds exendospermic. 1 



genus 2 species. 



COMMIPHORA Jacq. "Corkwood." "uMumbu." 



1. caryaefolia Oliv. Common in tree veld. 



2. harveyi Engl. Tree veld, towards coast. 



FAMIY 77— MELIACEAE. 



Trees or shrubs. Leaves exstipulate, usually pinnate. Flowers 

 regular. Petals 3 — 6, usually free. Stamens as many or twice as 

 many as petals. Filaments usually united. Ovary superior, 2 or 

 more celled. Ovules inverted. Style 1 or 0. Stigma entire or 

 lobcd. 5 genera 10 species. 



1. Filaments free. Seeds winged. Leaves pinnate. 



1 PTAEROXYLON. 



Filaments more or less united. Seeds not winged. 2. 



2. Leaves simple. 2 TURRAEA. 

 Leaves compound. 3. 



3. Leaves bipinnate. 3 MELIA. 

 Leaves pinnate. 4. 



4. Fruit a capsule, with a leathery rind. 5 TRICHILIA. 

 Fruit fleshy, indehiscent. 4 EKEBERGIA. 



1. PTAEROXYLON E. & Z. "Sneezewood." "umTate." 



utile E. & Z. Subdominant in some of the south Drakens- 

 berg forest. Common or frequent in other forests of 

 coast and Midlands. Occasional in Thorn veld. 



2. TURRAEA L. "umHuluma." "umHulana." "uLulama." 



"Mandhlozane." 



1. floribunda Hochst. Coast scrub. Common. "umVuma." 



2. obtusifolia Hochst. Sand dune bush. "umHlathalana." 



3. MELIA L. 



azedarach L. Introduced. Cultivated. 



4. EKEBERGIA Sparm. "umNyamathi." 



1. capensis Sparm. Common in bush all over. Frequent in 



Thorn veld or Tree veld. 



2. meyeri Presl. Common in bush all over. 



5. TRICHILIA L. 



1. emetica Vahl. Coastbelt. Common. "Vungu." "um- 



Khula." "Gxolo." 



2. natalensis Sond. 



3. alata N.E.Br. Coast and Midlands. 



4. umbellata CDC. Umtwalumi, 2,500 ft. 



FAMILY 78— MALPIGHIACEAE. 



Shrubs, undershrubs or climbers. Leaves simple, usually 

 stipulate. Flowers hermaphrodite or unisexual. Sepals 3 — 5. 



