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Miliusa Lesch. ex A.Dc.

Genus

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae

Characteristics

Trees, usually deciduous in dry season and with axillary buds protected by scales, unarmed, with simple hairs. Flowers bisexual, solitary or a few in cymose fascicles terminating short axillary or internodal shoots. Sepals 3, valvate, free. Petals valvate, free; outer petals 3, sepaloid; inner petals 3, much larger than sepals and outer petals, variously saccate near base, frequently remaining lightly coherent near base until falling separately after anthesis. Stamens few or numerous; filament short and broad; connective narrow and produced above but not concealing anther cells. Pollen grains solitary. Carpels mostly numerous, ovules up to 12; stigma capitate, sessile. Apocarps subglobular to obloid, indehiscent, obliquely placed on stipe. Seeds 1-several, transverse, ellipsoidal with a longitudinal groove, brown, nearly smooth.
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Trees or erect shrubs. Inflorescences axillary or superaxillary, fasciculate or cymose, 1-flowered. Flowers mostly bisexual. Pedicel slender, usually elongate. Torus elevated, usually long pubescent. Sepals 3, small, valvate, connate at base. Petals 6, in 2 whorls, with each whorl valvate; outer petals similar to sepals; inner petals large, erect, thin, base shallowly saccate and shortly clawed, margin initially cohering but readily free, apex usually revolute. Stamens many; connectives narrow and not concealing anther locules, apex subapiculate. Carpels many, oblong; ovules 1-8 per carpel; stigmas capitate, ovoid, or globose. Fruit apocarpous; monocarps many, subsessile to long stipitate, globose to ovoid. Seeds 1 to several per monocarp.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Images

Miliusa unspecified picture

Distribution

Miliusa world distribution map, present in Australia and China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331081-2
WFO ID wfo-4000024296
COL ID 5SSZ
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Synonyms

Saccopetalum Miliusa

Lower taxons

Miliusa campanulata Miliusa amplexicaulis Miliusa andamanica Miliusa baillonii Miliusa saccata Miliusa sclerocarpa Miliusa velutina Miliusa koolsii Miliusa macrocarpa Miliusa macropoda Miliusa mollis Miliusa vidalii Miliusa wightiana Miliusa zeylanica Miliusa glandulifera Miliusa lanceolata Miliusa fusca Miliusa thorelii Miliusa tristis Miliusa indica Miliusa parviflora Miliusa nilagirica Miliusa tirunelvelica Miliusa novoguineensis Miliusa wayanadica Miliusa balansae Miliusa cuneata Miliusa sinensis Miliusa tenuistipitata Miliusa brahei Miliusa horsfieldii Miliusa traceyi Miliusa fragrans Miliusa nakhonsiana Miliusa sessilis Miliusa thailandica Miliusa umpangensis Miliusa astiana Miliusa cambodgensis Miliusa ninhbinhensis Miliusa malnadensis Miliusa flaviviridis Miliusa sahyadrica Miliusa codonantha Miliusa dioeca Miliusa butonensis Miliusa viridiflora Miliusa banghoiensis Miliusa filipes Miliusa gokhalaei Miliusa pumila Miliusa eupoda Miliusa paithalmalayana Miliusa montana
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