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Euroschinus Hook.F.

Genus

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Anacardiaceae

Characteristics

Polygamous trees. Leaves alternate, mostly paripinnate. Leaflets alternate, opposite or subopposite, entire. Inflorescences terminal or in upper axils. Calyx lobes 5, rarely 4. Petals 5, rarely 4, imbricate. Stamens 10, inserted below margin of disc; anthers dorsifixed, introrse. Staminodes present in female. Disc with 10 lobes between filaments, cupular and supporting a pistillode in males, shallowly cupular and supporting ovary in female and hermaphrodite flowers. Ovary 1-locular with 1 laterally-attached ovule. Style 1, stigmas 3. Fruit a drupe, 1-locular; exocarp membranous; mesocarp spongy with numerous resin cells; endocarp thin, cartilaginous, compressed. Seed 1; testa free from endocarp. Embryo straight; cotyledons free, plano-convex; radicle curved.
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Trees, very rarely shrubs. Leaves spiral, paripinnate, petioled. Leaflets alternate or subopposite, entire. Inflorescences axillary, rarely cauliflorous, sometimes terminal (extra-Mal. spp.), paniculate. Flowers unisexual or bisexual (plants polygamous). Calyx 5-(or 4-)lobed. Petals 5 (or 4), imbricate, glabrous. Stamens twice the number of petals; filaments subulate, glabrous; anthers basifixed, oblong, reduced or abortive in ♀. Disk intrastaminal, shortly cupular in ♂, round and flat in ♀. Ovary ovoid, 1-celled and 1-ovuled; style short; stigmas 3; ovary abortive and small in ♂. Drupe 1-celled; endocarp crustaceous. Seed with testa free from the endocarp; embryo straight, cotyledons free, plano-convex.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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In forests from lowland to c. 500 m, sometimes up to c. 1000 m.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Euroschinus unspecified picture

Distribution

Euroschinus world distribution map, present in Australia and Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1797-1
WFO ID wfo-4000014269
COL ID 4GMQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 672605
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Synonyms

Euroschinus

Lower taxons

Euroschinus elegans Euroschinus jaffrei Euroschinus aoupiniensis Euroschinus obtusifolius Euroschinus papuanus Euroschinus rubromarginatus Euroschinus verrucosus Euroschinus vieillardii Euroschinus falcatus
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