WorldFloraDB - Milicia

Characteristics

Trees, dioecious. Leaves distichous, pinnately veined; stipules semi-amplexicaul, free. Inflorescences in the leaf-axils, spicate, bracteate. Staminate flowers: tepals 4, basally connate; stamens 4, inflexed in bud; pistillode present. Pistillate flowers 5–15; tepals 4, basally connate; ovary free; stigmas 2, filiform, very unequal in length. Fruiting perianth enlarged, ± fleshy, greenish; fruit free, somewhat drupaceous. Seed small, with endosperm; cotyledons thin, equal, plane.

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Pistillate flowers numerous; tepals 4, basally connate; ovary free, stigmas 2, filiform, markedly unequal in length.

Staminate flowers: tepals 4, basally connate; stamens 4, inflexed in bud; pistillode present.

Fruiting perianth enlarged, ± fleshy, greenish; fruit free, somewhat drupaceous.

Leaves distichous, pinnately veined, stipules semi-amplexicaul, free.

Seed small, with endosperm, cotyledons thin, equal, plane.

Inflorescences in the leaf axils, spicate, bracteate.

Dioecious trees.

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:40890-1
WFO ID	wfo-4000024294
COL ID	5SSS
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Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Milicia

Lower taxons

Milicia regia Milicia excelsa

WorldFloraDB 2024

Milicia Sim

Genus

Angiosperms > Rosales > Moraceae