Idesia Maxim.

Genus

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Salicaceae

Characteristics

Deciduous, dioecious tree with thick branches. Winter buds with acuminate scales. Lvs alternate, large, membranous, palmately veined, slightly toothed; stipules small and caducous; petiole slender, glandular. Fls in long, tomentulose pendulous racemes or panicles; bracts minute. Sepals (3)-5-(6), imbricate, deciduous. Petals 0. Stamens numerous; filaments hairy towards base, inserted on a small glandular disc. ♀ fls with numerous, small staminodes; ovary superior, 1-locular; globose; placentae and style (3)-5-(6); stigmas ± clavate; ovules numerous. Fr. a berry with little succulence, globose, red, with numerous seeds.
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Images

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Distribution

Idesia world distribution map, present in New Zealand and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331671-2
WFO ID wfo-4000018967
COL ID 53HP
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Synonyms

Idesia

Lower taxons

Idesia polycarpa