Bailey, L.H. & Bailey, E.Z. (1976) Hortus Third. A concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc., New York
Shrubs or trees, unarmed. Leaves alternate, gland-dotted, usually imparipinnate. Inflorescence paniculate, or reduced to cymes or racemes, axillary or terminal. Flowers ellipsoid or obovoid; sepals 4 or 5, connate at base; petals 4 or 5 imbricate in bud; stamens distinct. Fruit a berry; pulp mucilaginous; endocarp fleshy. Seeds with membranous or fleshy testa. Worldwide: 12 species from Indomalesia to the Pacific Mozambique: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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