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Trimeniaceae (Janet R. Perkins & Gilg) Gibbs

habit
woody plants

distribution
African, Asian, Australian and Oceanian

leaf: position
opposite or verticillate, alternate

leaf: nature
not compound

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

margin
with entire margin, dentate

leaf: stipules
absent

inflorescence
raceme, compound, sympodial or monopodial

flower: sexuality
bisexual, unisexual

flower: symmetry
actinomorphic

flower: receptacle
small, enlarged, conical or hemispherical

flower: disc
absent

flower: perianth number
4, 6, 7+

flower: perianth nature
perianth of similar segments

flower: sepal number
4, 6+

flower: sepal position
all free from one another

flower: sepal nature
sepals imbricate or contorted

flower: petal number
0

stamen: number
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11+

stamen: anthers
basifixed, introrse, opening by longitudinal slits

stamen: filaments
free from the corolla, not connate

stamen: other characters
staminodia present

pistil: style
styles absent, stigmas sessile

pistil: carpel
1, 2

pistil: ovary
1-locular, 2-locular

pistil: ovule
1 in each loculus

pistil
carpels free from each other or carpel 1, ovules axile, carpels connate, ovules attached to the apex of the ovary

fruit: type
fleshy

fruit: seed
1 seed, 2 seeds

seed: aril
arillus or arill-like organs present

seed: embryo
straight, curved

seed: cotyledons
folded or crumpled

seed: endosperm
seeds without endosperm, seeds with endosperm, endosperm ruminate


 

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