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Antiaris Leschen. [family MORACEAE]

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 6, page 13, (1991) Author: C. C. Berg
Names
Antiaris Leschen. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris16: 478 (1810) nom. conserv.—C.C. Berg in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 10 (1989). Ipo Pers. [family MORACEAE], Syn. Pl. 2: 566 (1807).
Information
Trees, monoecious or dioecious; lateral branches self-pruning. Leaves distichous on the lateral branches, pinnately veined; stipules semi-amplexicaul, free. Inflorescences on minute spurs, in the leaf axils or just below the leaves, unisexual, involucrate. Staminate inflorescences pedunculate; flowers numerous; tepals 2–7, free: stamens 2–4, straight in bud; pistillode absent. Pistillate inflorescences sessile or pedunculate, uniflorous; perianth partly adnate to the receptacle, 4-lobed; ovary adnate to the perianth, stigmas 2, ligulate, equal. Fruit forming a drupaceous whole together with the enlarged fleshy, orange to scarlet-coloured receptacle; seed large, without endosperm; cotyledons thick, equal.
Range
A monotypic genus confined to the Old World.

Date Updated: 26 July 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 9, Part 6, page 13, (1991) Author: C. C. Berg
Names
Antiaris Leschen. [family MORACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris16: 478 (1810) nom. conserv.—C.C. Berg in F.T.E.A., Moraceae: 10 (1989). Ipo Pers. [family MORACEAE], Syn. Pl. 2: 566 (1807).
Information
Trees, monoecious or dioecious; lateral branches self-pruning. Leaves distichous on the lateral branches, pinnately veined; stipules semi-amplexicaul, free. Inflorescences on minute spurs, in the leaf axils or just below the leaves, unisexual, involucrate. Staminate inflorescences pedunculate; flowers numerous; tepals 2–7, free: stamens 2–4, straight in bud; pistillode absent. Pistillate inflorescences sessile or pedunculate, uniflorous; perianth partly adnate to the receptacle, 4-lobed; ovary adnate to the perianth, stigmas 2, ligulate, equal. Fruit forming a drupaceous whole together with the enlarged fleshy, orange to scarlet-coloured receptacle; seed large, without endosperm; cotyledons thick, equal.
Range
A monotypic genus confined to the Old World.
Antiaris Leschen. [family MORACEAE]
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