Microcos Burm. ex L.

Genus

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees. Leaves alternate, shortly petiolate; leaf blade ovate, oblong, or lanceolate, leathery, basal veins 3, margin entire or lobed in distal 1/2. Inflorescences terminal or axillary, cymose paniculate. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5, free. Petals 5 or rarely absent, glandular at base adaxially. Stamens many, free, borne distally on androgynophore. Ovary superior, usually 3-loculed; ovules 4-7 per locule; style simple; stigma subulate, usually not lobed. Fruit a drupe, globose, obovoid, or pyriform, not furrowed, without drupelets.
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Images

Microcos unspecified picture

Distribution

Microcos world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:328157-2
WFO ID wfo-4000024091
COL ID 63B37
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Microcos

Lower taxons

Microcos bifida Microcos argentata Microcos antidesmifolia Microcos globulifera Microcos florida Microcos fibrocarpa Microcos erythrocarpa Microcos crassifolia Microcos conocarpoides Microcos conocarpa Microcos ceramensis Microcos calymmatosepala Microcos latistipulata Microcos lanceolata Microcos henrici Microcos havilandii Microcos latifolia Microcos paniculata Microcos pachyphylla Microcos microthyrsa Microcos malayana Microcos ledermannii Microcos opaca Microcos ugandensis Microcos triflora Microcos tomentosa Microcos tetrasperma Microcos sumatrana Microcos subepetala Microcos subcordifolia Microcos seretii Microcos riparia Microcos calophylla Microcos impressinervia Microcos hirsuta Microcos laurifolia Microcos philippinensis Microcos pinnatifida Microcos phaneroneura Microcos vitiensis Microcos sinuata Microcos schlechteri Microcos saccinervia Microcos reticulata Microcos psilonema Microcos stylocarpoides Microcos chungii Microcos stauntoniana Microcos coriacea Microcos africana Microcos oligoneura Microcos borneensis Microcos cinnamomifolia Microcos dulitensis Microcos gracilis Microcos ossea Microcos grandifolia Microcos malacocarpa Microcos pearsonii Microcos mildbraedii Microcos urbaniana Microcos heterotricha Microcos gossweileri Microcos barombiensis Microcos grandiflora Microcos floribunda Microcos branderhorstii Microcos brassii Microcos chrysothyrsa Microcos cerasifera Microcos kinabaluensis Microcos pentandra Microcos peekelii Microcos paucicostata Microcos membranifolia Microcos loerzingii Microcos inflexa