Noronhia Stadman ex Thouars

BINIA Noronha ex Thouars

CAMPANOLEA Gilg & G.Schellenb.

CHIONANTHUS sensu auct. non L.

DEKINDTIA Gilg

LINOCIERA Swartz

POGENDA Raf.

Description of the genus

Trees and shrubs, evergreen. Leaves opposite, simple, entire. Domatia present (in ours). Inflorescences consist of axillary, paniculate cymes or fascicles. Flowers 4-merous. Calyx deeply lobed. Corolla with a very short tube and linear lobes, lobes strongly concave, with incurved margins and hooded apex. Stamens 2. Ovary 2-locular. Fruit a 1-seeded drupe.

Comment: African and Madagascan species, formerly placed in a broadly defined genus Chionanthus, are now placed here. Chionanthus s.s. is now confined to Tropical South America.

Worldwide: 106 species in Tropical Africa, Southern Africa and Madagascar.

DRC: 4 taxa.

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SpeciesBotanical divisionsContent
africana (Knobl.) Hong-Wa & BesnardVI,VII,VIII,IXDescription
congesta (Baker) JongkindIII,IV,V,VIDescription
mildbraedii (Gilg & G.Schellenb.) Hong-Wa & BesnardIII,V,VII,VIII,IX,XI
nilotica (Oliv.) Hong-Wa & BesnardVI,XIDescription

Other sources of information about Noronhia:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Noronhia
Flora of Malawi: Noronhia
Flora of Mozambique: Noronhia
Flora of Rwanda: Noronhia
Flora of Zambia: Noronhia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Noronhia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Noronhia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Noronhia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Noronhia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Noronhia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Noronhia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Noronhia
JSTOR Plant Science: Noronhia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Noronhia
Plants of the World Online: Noronhia
Tropicos: Noronhia
Wikipedia: Noronhia

Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-26

The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Genus page: Noronhia.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1081, retrieved 13 May 2026

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