Dacryodes Vahl

Dioecious trees. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets entire. Inflorescences of axillary or terminal, elongated panicles; branches of inflorescence, calyx and corolla usually with a dense indumentum of stellate or dendroid hairs mixed with simple hairs. Calyx rotate or broadly campanulate, divided almost to the base; lobes 3, valvate. Petals 3, valvate or sometimes slightly imbricate, incurved, somewhat hooded and usually mucronulate at the apex. Ovary 2 (3)-locular with 2 ovules per loculus. Fruit an ovoid or ellipsoid drupe; endocarp thin and cartilaginous. Seed large; cotyledons very much thickened and deeply folded, thus appearing palmately lobed.

Worldwide: 60 species in tropical regions of the world.

Zambia: 1 taxon.