Matthaea Blume

Genus

Angiosperms > Laurales > Monimiaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves pubescent or glabrous at maturity, entire or dentate. Monoecious, with lateral (rarely also terminal) cymose inflorescences, much shorter than the leaves. Male receptacle subglobose, the ostiole surrounded by 4 small rounded tepals. Stamens 4, free; filaments short; anthers opening by 2 longitudinal slits. Female receptacle more flattened; tepals 4, upper half abscissing as a calyptra at anthesis to reveal very numerous carpels. Drupes long-stipitate, verruculose.
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Rain-forest, ascending to 1700 m.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Matthaea world distribution map, present in Indonesia, Iceland, and Philippines

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:27094-1
WFO ID wfo-4000023336
COL ID 5M3B
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Synonyms

Matthaea

Lower taxons

Matthaea vidalii Matthaea sancta Matthaea pubescens Matthaea intermedia Matthaea heterophylla Matthaea chartacea