Genus Paropsia Noronha ex Thouars

Figs 1C, 4–5

Seed description

Seeds compressed, 4.9–8.1 mm long, 2.9–7.0 mm wide and 1.3–2.7 mm thick, oblong or cordate, sometimes curved. The surface is reticulate-foveolate or coarsely reticulate, with an average of 5.60 reticulations per mm 2. The reticulations have an average diameter of 487 µm and a depth of 190 µm. The margin is striate or entire, sometimes with a lateral fold. The apex may have a prominent appendage. The base is obtuse or acute, sometimes truncate, and may have a mucro. The palisade seed coat is on average 230 µm thick.

Remark

The genus is represented by 12 species, 8 are studied here.