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Corynocarpaceae Engler

habit
woody plants

distribution
Asian, Australian and Oceanian

leaf: position
alternate

leaf: nature
not compound

leaf: venation
pinnate or hardly visible in leaves or leaflets.

margin
with entire margin

leaf: stipules
absent, present

inflorescence
compound, sympodial or monopodial

flower: sexuality
bisexual

flower: symmetry
actinomorphic

flower: receptacle
enlarged, totally or partially free from the ovary

flower: disc
absent, present

flower: perianth number
7+

flower: perianth nature
perianth of calyx and corolla

flower: sepal number
3, 4, 5

flower: sepal position
all free from one another

flower: sepal nature
sepals imbricate or contorted

flower: petal number
3, 4, 5, 6

flower: petal position
all free from one another, petals imbricate

stamen: number
5

stamen: symmetry
the same number as and opposite the petals or alternate with the sepals

stamen: anthers
dorsifixed or ventrifixed, introrse, opening by longitudinal slits

stamen: filaments
free from the corolla, inserted on the corolla, not connate

stamen: other characters
staminodia present

pistil: style
styles more than 1, free, style 1, or styles more or less connate

pistil: carpel
2

pistil: ovary
1-locular, 2-locular

pistil: ovule
1 in each loculus

pistil
ovules axile, carpels connate, ovules attached to the central axis or ventrally in apocarpae, ovules attached to the apex of the ovary

fruit: type
fleshy

fruit: seed
1 seed

seed: embryo
straight

seed: endosperm
seeds without endosperm


 

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