They have hairy leaves and twigs,polygamous flowers and bird attracting brightly coloured, capsule fruits.[5]
The generic nameSarcopteryx translates to "fleshy wing", as the fruit can be angled, thick or wing shaped. The Greeksarco means fleshy, andpteron is "a wing".[8]
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^abcWelzen, Peter C. van (1994)."Sarcopteryx Radlk.". In Adema, Fredericus A. C. B.; Leenhouts, Pieter W.; Welzen, Peter C. van (eds.).Sapindaceae (Digitised, online). Series I, Spermatophyta : Flowering Plants. Vol. 11. Leiden, The Netherlands: Rijksherbarium / Hortus Botanicus, Leiden University. pp. 717–723.ISBN90-71236-21-8. Retrieved16 Nov 2013.{{cite book}}:|work= ignored (help)
