Irvingiaceae Exell & Mendonça

Family

Angiosperms > Malpighiales

Characteristics

Trees; leaves alternate, simple, not gland-dotted, with well-developed stipules enclosing the young buds, caducous and leaving a scar around the stem
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Leaves alternate, simple, with long caducous stipules enclosing the leaf-buds and leaving circular scars round the stem
Ovary 2–5 (6)-locular; loculi 1-ovulate; ovule pendulous; style simple
Fruit drupaceous or samaroid; endosperm scanty or absent
Stamens 8–10; anthers 2-thecous, opening longitudinally
Sepals 4–5, imbricate, slightly united at the base
Stamens 8–10; anthers 2-celled, opening lengthwise
Ovary 2-celled; ovules 1 per cell; style solitary
Seeds without or with scant endosperm
Flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic
Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic
Fruits drupaceous or samaroid
Petals 4–5, imbricate, free
Calyx-lobes 4–5, imbricate
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Images

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WFO ID wfo-7000000300
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Synonyms

Irvingiaceae

Lower taxons

Desbordesia Klainedoxa Irvingia Allantospermum