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3. Talauma Juss.

Gen.: 231. 1789; Dandy in Hutchinson, Gen. Fl. Pl. 1: 55. 1964.

Accepted Name : Magnolia Plum. ex L.
Sp. Pl.: 535. 1753.

Description : Trees or shrubs. Stipules adnate to the petiole. Flowers terminal, solitary, [bisexual]. Tepals 9–15, 3–4-merous, subequal. Umbels dehiscing introrsely; connective produced into a short appendage. Gynoecium sessile; carpels numerous or few, united at least at the base; ovules 2 in each carpel. Fruiting carpels woody or cartilaginous, circumscissile, the upper portions separating from the persistent lower portions and falling away singly or more rarely in irregular masses, with the seeds remaining attached to the placenta by a cord.

About 40 species, in tropical and subtropical Asia from E Himalayas to Indochina and Malesia, also in tropical America from S Mexico and West Indies to E Brazil; 4 or perhaps 5 species (see note under Magnolia craibiana) in Thailand.