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Geissolomataceae Endlicher

habit
woody plants

distribution
African

leaf: position
opposite or verticillate

leaf: nature
not compound

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

margin
with entire margin

leaf: stipules
absent

inflorescence
raceme

flower: sexuality
bisexual

flower: symmetry
actinomorphic

flower: receptacle
small

flower: disc
absent

flower: perianth number
4

flower: perianth nature
perianth of similar segments

flower: sepal number
4

flower: sepal position
all free from one another

flower: sepal nature
sepals imbricate or contorted

flower: petal number
0

stamen: number
8

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

stamen: filaments
free from the corolla, not connate

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

pistil: carpel
4

pistil: ovary
4-locular

pistil: ovule
2 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
a capsule

fruit: seed
1 seed, 2 seeds, 3+ seeds

seed: aril
arillus or arill-like organs present

seed: embryo
straight

seed: endosperm
seeds without endosperm, seeds with endosperm


 

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