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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Melicope J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

MELICOPE J. R. et G. Forst., 1776

Fls 4-merous, perfect to unisexual, in cymes or panicles, occ. solitary. Sepals minute, petals with inflexed apices; stamens 8, at base of disk, filaments subulate. Ovary 4-lobed and 4-loculed; ovules us. 2 per locule; styles 4, often coalescent; stigma 4-lobed. Cocci 4, each 1-seeded; testa shining, endocarp cartilaginous. Trees or shrubs with gland-dotted lvs. Some 20 spp. of tropical Asia to Australia, the N.Z. spp. endemic.

Key

1
Lvs of mature plants 3-foliolate; lflts ± 5 cm. long
1. ternata
Lvs of mature plants mostly 1-foliolate, hardly > 15 mm. long
2. simplex
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