A genus of about 150 species of trees and shrubs, mainly tropical and largely confined to the southern hemisphere. Leaves pinnate or trifoliolate. Flowers small, in clusters or racemes. Calyx-lobed and petals four or five, imbricated. Stamens eight to ten. Ovary two-chambered, with two styles. Fruit a leathery capsule, opening by two valves and containing numerous, usually hairy seeds. The genus was named by Linnaeus in honour of J. W. Weinmann (d. 1745), an apothecary of Regensburg (Ratisbon).
Weinmannia
Family
Cunoniaceae