Endiandra is a genus of about 130 species of plants, mainly trees, in the laurel family Lauraceae. They are commonly called "walnut" despite not being related to the Northern Hemisphere walnuts (Juglans spp.) which are in the family Juglandaceae.
Description The genus consists of evergreen shrubs or trees. Leaves are alternate or spirally arranged, usually penninerved or rarely triplinerved. Inflorescences are usually paniculate and . Flowers are and mostly trimerous with two whorls of three tepals, some are dimerous. There are usually three stamens, and the ovary is usually sessile or nearly so. It has a single carpel and a single ovule. The fruits are single-seeded drupes or berries with fleshy mesocarp and exocarp.
Distribution Species of Endiandra are native to the following regions as defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:
China – China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan Eastern Asia – Taiwan Indian Subcontinent – Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya Indo-China – Myanmar, Vietnam Malesia – Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera Papuasia – New Guinea, Solomon Is. Australia – New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland Southwestern Pacific – Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Santa Cruz Is., Tonga, Vanuatu
Species There were 134 species accepted by Plants of the World Online . These are:
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