Aleurites J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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.
Key
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Lvs broadly ovate and entire in mature plants, often 3-5-lobed in seedlings; fr. long-beaked
Lvs mostly ovate or broadly ovate and 3-5-lobed, sometimes entire near infl. and then ovate; fr. not, or shortly beaked
c. 6 spp., E. Asia, Pacific Is. Naturalised spp. 2.
