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Meliaceae A. L. Jussieu

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Meliaceae
Aglaia odorata

Credit: Xiangying Wen

Habit: tree, shrub

Taxon group: dicots

Leaf: position: alternate

Leaf: nature: simple, pinnately compound

Leaf: stipules: absent

Flowers: inflorescence: panicle

Flowers: sexuality: bisexual

Flowers: symmetry: actinomorphic

Flowers: disc: present

Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 4, 5, 6

Flowers: sepal/calyx nature: imbricate

Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 4, 5, 6

Flowers: petal position: all free from one another, connate or basally connate

Stamen: number: 8, 9, 10+

Stamen: filaments: free, connate into 1 tube or bundle

Pistil: ovary: 4-loculed, 5-loculed

Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule, 2 per locule, 3 per locule, 4+ per locule

Ovary: position: superior

Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.), fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)

Fruit: seed: winged

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Dictionary of The Families & Genera of Chinese Seed Plants: Link

Vascular Plant Type Catalog at NYBG: Link


 

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