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Magnoliopsida
Antidesma L.
EOL Text
IDnature guides:
Statistics of barcoding coverage:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:60
Specimens with Sequences:71
Specimens with Barcodes:63
Species:19
Species With Barcodes:17
Public Records:12
Public Species:7
Public BINs:0
Description:
Dioecious trees or shrubs, without milky latex. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, entire with domatia. Inflorescence (in ours) spicate, densely-flowered. Male flowers: calyx 3-5-lobed; lobes imbricate; petals 0; stamens 3-5; pistillode small or 0. Female flowers: calyx as male; petals 0; disk annular or cup-shaped; ovary 1(-2)-locular with 2 ovules per loculus; styles (2-)3(-5). Fruit drupaceous, indehiscent, 1-locular, laterally flattened, often oblique, usually red or black; endocarp pitted. Seeds 1(-2), ecarunculate
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
Rights holder/Author | Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe |
Source | http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=837 |