Melianthus major.
African
trees or shrubs, of 3 genera and about 20 species, grown for ornament in warm
regions. Leaves alternate, simple
or pinnate, the rachis often winged; flowers bisexual, inverted by the twisting
of the pedicels, borne in racemes, irregular or regular; sepals 5 or 4,
imbricate; petals 4 or 5; disk between petals and stamens crescent-shaped or
annular with 10 projections; stamens 4, 5, or 10, the filaments distinct or
connate at base; ovary superior, 4-5 celled with 1 or many ovules in each cell;
fruit a capsule. (Bailey 642).
Upper Newport Bay species within the family: