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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Elaeocarpus L.

ELAEOCARPUS L., 1753

Sepals and petals 4-5, inserted around disk. Stamens ∞; anthers linear, ± awned, opening by terminal pores or slits. Ovary 2-5-celled; ovules 2 to several per cell, pend. Style subulate, stigma simple. Fr. a drupe, endocarp stony, often rugose, 2-5-(1)-celled. Seeds solitary in each cell. Trees. Some 90 mainly tropical spp., ours endemic.

Key

1
Petals white; branchlets silky-hairy; lvs with appressed hairs on under surface
1. dentatus
Petals greenish white; branchlets glab.; lvs without hairs below
2. hookerianus
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