''Connarus'' is a genus of plants in the family

Connaraceae Connaraceae is a pan-tropical plant family of 19 genera and more than 180 species of largely evergreen trees, woody shrubs and climbers. The family was first described by Robert Brown in 1816 and the name has been conserved. Distribution Connar ...

with a pan-tropical distribution.

Description

Plants in this genus are vines, shrubs or small trees. Leaves are

compound Compound may refer to: Architecture and built environments * Compound (enclosure), a cluster of buildings having a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall ** Compound (fortification), a version of the above fortified with defensive struc ...

, either trifoliate or

imparipinnate Pinnation (also called pennation) is the arrangement of feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis. Pinnation occurs in biological morphology, in crystals, such as some forms of ice or metal crystals, and in ...

. The inflorescences are

panicle In botany, a panicle is a much-branched inflorescence. (softcover ). Some authors distinguish it from a compound spike inflorescence, by requiring that the flowers (and fruit) be pedicellate (having a single stem per flower). The branches of a p ...

s, usually or , individual flowers are bisexual (i.e. each having both male and female organs),

5-merous Merosity (from the greek "méros," which means "having parts")) refers to the number of component parts in a distinct whorl of a plant structure. The term is most commonly used in the context of a flower where it refers to the number of sepals in a ...

(with five parts), and covered with glands; petals are free of each other, stamens 10 in two whorls, the inner whorl shorter, carpels 1. The fruit are flattened follicles, often with a at the base and a small beak at the apex, opening on a longitudinal suture. Seeds 1, black with a fleshy yellow

sarcotesta The sarcotesta is a fleshy seedcoat, a type of testa. Examples of seeds with a sarcotesta are pomegranate, ginkgo ''Ginkgo'' is a genus of non-flowering seed plants, assigned to the gymnosperms. The scientific name is also used as the Eng ...

Distribution and habitat

''Connarus'' species are distributed throughout the tropics of Africa, Asia and the Americas, and extends into some temperate areas as well (southern Brazil and southern China).

Species

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accepts the following 106 species:

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q8349884 Connaraceae Oxalidales genera