1960.010 Trilepisium Thouars

Berg, C.C. (1991) Moraceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6)

Description of the genus

Trees. Leaves distichous, pinnately veined; stipules fully amplexicaul, connate. Inflorescences in the leaf axils, initially enveloped by 2 coriaceous bud-scales. Staminate flowers peripheral, without a perianth. Pistillate flower 1, central, partly adnate to the receptacle; perianth 4-lobed. Fruit forming a drupaceous whole with the enlarged, fleshy, dark purple to red receptacles crowned with the remnants of the stamens and the marginal part of the receptacle. Seed large, without endosperm; cotyledons equal, thick and fused.

Worldwide: Two species in tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Mozambique: 1 taxon.

Trilepisium madagascariense

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madagascariense DC.N,Z,MSDescription, Image

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Tropicos: Trilepisium
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave 2007-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Trilepisium.
https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=470, retrieved 29 March 2024

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