HIMANTANDRACEAE
Morphological description
Trees; aromatic.
Leaves
Leaves alternate, simple, entire, covered by brown scales, penninerved, exstipulate.
Inflorescence
Flowers usually solitary, axillary.
Flowers
Flower bisexual, actinomorphic; perianth a deciduous calyptra; stamens and staminodes petaloid, numerous; carpels free in flower, fused in fruit.
Fruit
Fruit a globular berry.
Seed
Seed.
Different from: with calyx and corolla. — Magnoliaceae: stipulate, not lepidote.
Distribution: The only genus, Galbulimima, consists of 1-3 species ranging from Sulawesi to New Guinea and East Australia.
Notes: Tree of montane forest, limited use as timber tree; the bark, when chewed, induces hallucinations.
Literature: J.R. Croft, Handb. Fl. Papua New Guinea 1 (1978). — Dr. P.K. Endress (Zurich) is revising the family for Flora Malesiana.
Spot characters (Van Balgooy): 26, 59.
Illustrations: Fig. 80. Galbulimima belgraveana (F. Muell.) Sprague (Courtesy of Department of Forests, PNG).
For images see Kew Plants of the World Online for Himantandraceae