Class
Order
Family
Monoecious trees; sap milky. Lvs stipulate, alternate, entire or palmately lobed but not serrate. ♂ and ♀ fls mixed in terminal panicles; ♀ fls at ends of branches surrounded by several ♂. ♂ fls: calyx dividing into 2–3 segments, united in bud; petals 5; anthers 8–20; filaments sometimes branched. ♀ fls: calyx dividing into 2–3 segments; petals 5, much smaller than in ♂; ovary 2–5-celled, with 1 ovule in each cell; styles 2, deeply 2-fid. Fr. fleshy, spherical, with cells not separating at maturity.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Total | 1 |