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Leea

D.Royen (1767)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Vitales Family: Vitaceae Genus: Leea

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Erect shrubs or small trees.

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Leaves: Leaves compoun (1-4-pinnate, rarely simple or 3-foliolate). Alternate.

Flowers: Inflorescences compound dichasial or umbelliform. Flowers 4- or 5-merous, bisexual. Lower part of petals adnate to staminodial tube on disk. Apex of staminodial tube 5-lobed, connate to each other by thinner tissue to form sinuses; apex of lobes retuse or 2-lobed, retusely apiculate to bifid. Filaments flattened, light brown, alternating with staminodial lobes, curved inward; anthers inverted and packed within staminodial tube in bud; filaments straight and anthers long-exserted in open flower. Disk deeply cupulate. Ovary superior, discoid, 4-6(-10)-locular; ovule 1 per locule; style short; stigma slightly thickened.

Fruit: Berries depressed-subglobose. Seeds 4-6(-10) per fruit. Endosperm ruminate.

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: C.Linnaeus, Mant. Pl.: 17, 124 (1767)

Occurrences

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