Parsonsia R.Br.

Stamens exserted, cohering into a cone Parsonsia
Corolla hairy at least in the throat or tube
Branchlets and petioles glabrous to pubescent. Undersurface of leaves glabrous or minutely pubescent.
Leaves 3–5 cm wide, mostly 7–12 cm long, strongly reticulate on both surfaces, oblong-elliptic to broad-lanceolate; main lateral veins making an angle of 45–50° with the midvein. Flowers in corymbose cymes, finally loose. Corolla c. 6 mm long, bearded inside to above the middle; lobes scarcely longer than the tube. Fruit hard, 15–20 cm long. Widespread. WSF and RF. Fl. most of the year Common Silkpod Parsonsia straminea
Leaves mostly less than 3 cm wide, 5–10 cm long, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate. Corolla c. 4 mm long