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Species
Cecropiaceae
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Description:
Dioecious trees or shrubs. Stipules present. Leaves alternate, palmately divided. Male inflorescences branched: tepals 2-4; stamens (in ours) 3-4. Female inflorescences: spherical or in a club-shaped head; tepals 2-3; pistil 1; stigma 1 with 1 ovule. Fruit adnate to the fleshy accrescent perianth forming a large unit.
License | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ |
Rights holder/Author | Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings, Flora of Zimbabwe |
Source | http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/family.php?family_id=52 |