Members: Bocagea, Cardiopetalum, Cymbopetalum, Froesiodendron, Hornschuchia, Mkilua, Porcelia, Pseudoxandra, Trigynaea.
Region: neotropical, South and Central America.
Habitat: moist, tropical, lowland rainforests; understorey in humid, shaded environments.
BotanyTrees or shrubs;
Leaves: Simple, alternate, entire margins; penninerved
Stipules: Absent (typical for
Annonaceae)
Petals: 6, in two whorls of 3; valvate aestivation; thick or fleshy; slightly unequal between whorls.
Stamens: numerous; short filaments; often forming a cap
Carpels: many; free, apocarpous; 1 to 3 ovules, often in 1 row
Fruit type: monocarps, sometimes fused; fleshy and indehiscent.
Seeds: 1 to 3 per monocarp, with ruminate endosperm; endocarp often woody.
TaxonomyBocageeae is a well-supported clade within
Annonoideae, distinguished by plastid DNA regions such as matK, rbcL, and trnL-F.
Bocageeae is closely related to
Duguetieae and Xylopeieae, but morphologically distinct due to petal and seed traits.