Eriolaena
Eriolaena is a genus of flowering plants. Traditionally included in the family Sterculiaceae, it is included now in the recently expanded Malvaceae. The genus is distributed in Asia.
These plants are trees or shrubs. They usually have single or paired white or yellow flowers, but some species have larger inflorescences. The fruit is a hard capsule with winged seeds. The winged seeds make the genus distinctive in its family.
There are 8 to 10 species in the genus.
Species include:
- Eriolaena affinis
- Eriolaena candollei
- Eriolaena glabrescens
- Eriolaena hookeriana
- Eriolaena kwangsiensis
- Eriolaena lushingtonii
- Eriolaena quinquelocularis
- Eriolaena spectabilis
- Eriolaena stocksii
- Eriolaena wallichii
