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4327.000 Antidesma
Description of the genus
Dioecious trees or shrubs, without milky latex. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, simple, entire with domatia. Inflorescence (in ours) spicate, densely-flowered. Male flowers: calyx 3-5-lobed; lobes imbricate; petals 0; stamens 3-5; pistillode small or 0. Female flowers: calyx as male; petals 0; disk annular or cup-shaped; ovary 1(-2)-locular with 2 ovules per loculus; styles (2-)3(-5). Fruit drupaceous, indehiscent, 1-locular, laterally flattened, often oblique, usually red or black; endocarp pitted. Seeds 1(-2), ecarunculate Worldwide: c. 170 species in Old World tropics and warm areas, especially Asia Zimbabwe: 4 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| membranaceum Müll. Arg. | E,S | |
| rufescens Tul. | E | |
| venosum E. Mey. ex Tul. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| vogelianum Müll. Arg. | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Antidesma:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: AntidesmaFlora of Burundi: Antidesma
Flora of Caprivi: Antidesma
Flora of the DRC: Antidesma
Flora of Malawi: Antidesma
Flora of Mozambique: Antidesma
Flora of Zambia: Antidesma
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): AntidesmaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Antidesma
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Antidesma
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Antidesma
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Antidesma
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Antidesma
JSTOR Plant Science: Antidesma
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Antidesma
Plants of the World Online: Antidesma
Tropicos: Antidesma
Wikipedia: Antidesma
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