Carpodetus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Genus

Angiosperms > Asterales > Rousseaceae

Characteristics

Fls small, panicled. Calyx-tube or receptacle turbinate, adnate to ovary; lobes 5-6, deciduous. Petals 5-6, inserted under margin of epig. disk, valvate. Stamens 5-6 alt. with petals; filaments short. Ovary half-inferior, 3-5-celled; stigma capitate; ovules ∞. Fr. globose, ind.; seeds ∞, small, axile, pend. Shrubs or small trees with alt., exstipulate lvs. Genus of a few spp. in New Guinea and one endemic to N.Z.
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