Citropsis Swingle & Kellerman

Genus

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees; branches with (0–)1–2 axillary spines. Leaves imparipinnate, (1–3–)5–9-foliolate, alternate; petiole and rhachis winged; leaflets ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, dotted with pellucid glands, slightly crenate. Inflorescence of short axillary racemes or cymose clusters. Flowers bisexual, 4(–5)-merous. Sepals united in a 4(–5)-lobed cupuliform calyx. Petals 4(–5), imbricate in bud. Stamens 8(–10), inserted at the base of an annular disk; filaments subulate, flattened towards base; anthers dorsifixed, 2-lobed at base. Ovary 4(–5)-locular, each locule 1-ovulate; style long; stigma subglobose, 4(–5)-lobed. Fruit globose, punctate with oil-glands; endocarp fleshy. Seeds with fleshy cotyledons.
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Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, (1–3) 5–9-foliolate; petiole and rhachis winged (in our area); leaflets ovate, elliptic or lanceolate, dotted with pellucid glands, margin slightly crenate.
Ovary 4 (5)-locular, loculi 1-ovulate; style long; stigma subglobose, 4 (5)-lobed.
Fruit baccate, globose, punctate with oil-glands; endocarp fleshy.
Small trees or shrubs; branches with (0) 1–2 axillary spines.
Inflorescence of short axillary racemes or cymose clusters.
Sepals united in a 4 (5)-lobed cupuliform calyx.
Seeds with fleshy cotyledons; endosperm absent.
Flowers 4 (5)-merous, bisexual.
Stamens 8 (10).
Disk annular.
Petals 4 (5).
Life form perennial
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