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''Cunonia'' is a genus of flowering plants, which includes several species of evergreen trees and shrubs. Some authors merge ''Weinmannia'' into ''Cunonia''. The genus has a disjunct distribution, with 25-30 species native to New Caledonia in the Pacific, and one lone species (Cunonia capensis) in Southern Africa. ''Cunonia capensis'', commonly known as the African red alder or Butterspoon Tree, is a small tree found along watercourses and in the afromontane forests of Southern Africa, ranging from the Western Cape of South Africa eastwards to Swaziland and southern Mozambique. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens for its attractive glossy foliage and its clusters of small, scented, white flowers. The large stipules which enclose the growth tip are pressed together to form a spoon-like shape, giving the tree its common name of "Butterspoon Tree". ==References== * Kubizki, Klaus ed. (2004). ''Flowering Plants, Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales (The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume VI)''. Springer, Berlin. * Missouri Botanic Garden TROPICOS Nomenclatural Database. Accessed December 28, 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cunonia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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