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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. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        
                         
		
                          
                          
			
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  Deciduous trees; leaf blade papery to thinly leathery | 
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  1 S. microcarpus | 
 
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  Usually evergreen trees; leaf blade leathery | 
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  Leaf blade 25-50 cm; pedicel ca. 2 mm; petals more than 5 mm; fruit ca. 2.5 cm. | 
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  2 S. longifolius | 
 
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  Leaf blade 15-35 cm; pedicel less than 1 mm; petals 1.5-3 mm; fruit 1-2 cm | 
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  Leaf blade glabrous abaxially; inflorescence ca. 15 cm; drupe rounded, ca. 1 cm in diam.. | 
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  3 S. reticulatus | 
 
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  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.. | 
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  4 S. cuneiformis | 
 
 
 
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