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Corynocarpaceae

Engl. (1897)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Cucurbitales Family: Corynocarpaceae Genus:

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Trees.

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Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades leathery. Margins entire. Petiolate. Stipules intrapetiolar, subtending the axillary bud, caducous.

Flowers: Flowers in terminal panicles. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Calyx of 5 distinct sepals; sepals imbricate. Corolla of 5 petals, distinct, imbricate, adnate to base of sepals. Stamens 5, opposite and adnate to petals at base, alternating with 5 petaloid staminodes; anthers dithecal, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate, 1 carpel often reduced or vestigial; ovule 1, pendulous, anatropous.

Fruit: Drupes. Seeds 1 per fruit; endosperm absent.

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Nat. Pflanzenfam. Nachtr. [Engler & Prantl] 215. 1897 [4 Oct 1897] (1897)

Occurrences

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