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15. Semecarpus Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 25, 182. 1782.

肉托果属 rou tuo guo shu

Melanocommia Ridley; Nothopegiopsis Lauterbach; Oncocarpus A. Gray.

Inflorescence paniculate, terminal or axillary. Stamen filaments linear; anthers ovate-cordate, versatile. Disk cup-shaped. Ovary superior to semi-inferior, 1-locular and 1-ovulate; styles 3, free or united basally. Drupe ovate-globose, inserted on an inflated hypocarp formed by fused calyx and floral receptacle. Seed testa not fused with endocarp.

About 50 species: tropical Asia to Oceania; four species in China.


1 Deciduous trees; leaf blade papery to thinly leathery   1 S. microcarpus
+ Usually evergreen trees; leaf blade leathery   (2)
       
2 (1) Leaf blade 25-50 cm; pedicel ca. 2 mm; petals more than 5 mm; fruit ca. 2.5 cm.   2 S. longifolius
+ Leaf blade 15-35 cm; pedicel less than 1 mm; petals 1.5-3 mm; fruit 1-2 cm   (3)
       
3 (2) Leaf blade glabrous abaxially; inflorescence ca. 15 cm; drupe rounded, ca. 1 cm in diam..   3 S. reticulatus
+ Leaf blade with hairs abaxially, or if rarely glabrous then with papillae; inflorescence 15-30 cm; drupe ovoid to broadly ellipsoid, 0.7-1.5 cm in diam..   4 S. cuneiformis

Lower Taxa


 

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