Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Malpighiales Martius
Family
Salicaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Idesia Maxim., Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 485 (1866)
 Description

Deciduous, dioecious tree with thick branches. Winter buds with acuminate scales. Lvs alternate, large, membranous, palmately veined, slightly toothed; stipules small and caducous; petiole slender, glandular. Fls in long, tomentulose pendulous racemes or panicles; bracts minute. Sepals (3)–5–(6), imbricate, deciduous. Petals 0. Stamens numerous; filaments hairy towards base, inserted on a small glandular disc. ♀ fls with numerous, small staminodes; ovary superior, 1-locular; globose; placentae and style (3)–5–(6); stigmas ± clavate; ovules numerous. Fr. a berry with little succulence, globose, red, with numerous seeds.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Idesia Maxim.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Maximowicz, C.J. 1866: Bulletin de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 10: 485.