Ctenolophon
plant genus
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The plant genus Ctenolophon belongs to the family Ctenolophonaceae and includes three species native to West Africa and Malesia. These plants can be identified by their opposite, toothless leaves and the presence of stipules between the petioles. Their inflorescences are terminal, and the flower buds are elongated. A distinctive feature is the fruit, which dries gray and is closely ribbed, with rounded sepals that persist and grow after flowering.1
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