Flowers dioecious, racemose; racemes short, axillary; bracts small, subulate Sepals 5, free, lanceolate, imbricate Petals 5, scale-like, thicker and loosely connivent at the base, with lanceolate free limbs Stamens 9–13, inserted on a short stout androgynophore; filaments free, filiform; anthers basifixed, 2-celled Rudimentary ovary present, short, 3–5-celled, with 2 series of ovules in each cell Staminodes about 10 from the top of the gynophore in the female flower Ovary superior, at the top of the thick gynophore, 4–5-celled, with numerous axile 2–3-seriate ovules; style 4–5-fid at the apex Arborescent shrubs or climbers Fruit a rounded berry; seeds small, numerous, immersed in pulp Leaves exstipulate, alternate, simple, penni-nerved Arbuste dressé ou grimpant à feuilles simples, entières, alternes, non stipulées, penninerves. Fleurs actinomorphes ⚥, ♂ et ♀ en grappes multi-flores axillaires ou terminales. Sépales libres entre eux, imbriqués dans le bouton floral. Pétales libres entre eux sauf à la base pourvue d'une ligule membraneuse. Étamines 9-13 libres entre elles, insérées sur un androgynophore; anthères introrses à fentes de déhiscence longitudinales. Étamines remplacées par des staminodes dans les fleurs ♀. Ovaire supère, réduit dans les fleurs ♂; 4-5 loges multi-ovulées dans les fleurs ♀. Placentation pariétale. Ovules campylotropes. Baie globuleuse contenant plusieurs loges monospermes. Graines réniformes. Arbuste dressé ou grimpant à feuilles simples, entières, alternes, non stipulées, penninerves. Fleurs actinomorphes ⚥, ♂ et ♀ en grappes multi-flores axillaires ou terminales. Sépales libres entre eux, imbriqués dans le bouton floral. Pétales libres entre eux sauf à la base pourvue d'une ligule membraneuse. Étamines 9-13 libres entre elles, insérées sur un androgynophore; anthères introrses à fentes de déhiscence longitudinales. Étamines remplacées par des staminodes dans les fleurs ♀. Ovaire supère, réduit dans les fleurs ♂; 4-5 loges multi-ovulées dans les fleurs ♀. Placentation pariétale. Ovules campylotropes. Baie globuleuse contenant plusieurs loges monospermes. Graines réniformes. Flowers dioecious, racemose; racemes short, axillary; bracts small, subulate Sepals 5, free, lanceolate, imbricate Petals 5, scale-like, thicker and loosely connivent at the base, with lanceolate free limbs Stamens 9–13, inserted on a short stout androgynophore; filaments free, filiform; anthers basifixed, 2-celled Rudimentary ovary present, short, 3–5-celled, with 2 series of ovules in each cell Staminodes about 10 from the top of the gynophore in the female flower Ovary superior, at the top of the thick gynophore, 4–5-celled, with numerous axile 2–3-seriate ovules; style 4–5-fid at the apex Arborescent shrubs or climbers Fruit a rounded berry; seeds small, numerous, immersed in pulp Leaves exstipulate, alternate, simple, penni-nerved Sepals 5, free, lanceolate, imbricate Petals 5, scale-like, thicker and loosely connivent at the base, with lanceolate free limbs Stamens 9–13, inserted on a short stout androgynophore; filaments free, filiform; anthers basifixed, 2-celled Rudimentary ovary present, short, 3–5-celled, with 2 series of ovules in each cell Staminodes about 10 from the top of the gynophore in the female flower Ovary superior, at the top of the thick gynophore, 4–5-celled, with numerous axile 2–3-seriate ovules; style 4–5-fid at the apex Arborescent shrubs or climbers Fruit a rounded berry; seeds small, numerous, immersed in pulp Leaves exstipulate, alternate, simple, penni-nervedMorphology
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Flore du Gabon
MorphologyFlora of West Tropical Africa - species descriptions
Morphology
