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4327.000 Antidesma
Description of the genus
Dioecious trees or shrubs, without milky latex. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, entire with domatia. Inflorescence (in ours) spicate, densely-flowered. Male flowers: calyx 3-5-lobed; lobes imbricate; petals 0; stamens 3-5; pistillode small or 0. Female flowers: calyx as male; petals 0; disk annular or cup-shaped; ovary 1(-2)-locular with 2 ovules per loculus; styles (2-)3(-5). Fruit drupaceous, indehiscent, 1-locular, laterally flattened, often oblique, usually red or black; endocarp pitted. Seeds 1(-2), ecarunculate Worldwide: c. 170 species in Old World tropics and warm areas, especially Asia |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| membranaceum Müll. Arg. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | |
| rufescens Tul. | N,Z,T,MS,M | |
| venosum E. Mey. ex Tul. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| vogelianum Müll. Arg. | N,Z,MS | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Antidesma:
Flora of Zimbabwe: AntidesmaePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Antidesma
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Antidesma
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Antidesma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Antidesma
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Antidesma
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