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Brosimum
Prodr., 12. 1788, name conserved.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Dorstenia contrajerva Brosimum alicastrum Maclura pomifera | John Myers John Myers John Myers |
Trees, evergreen; sap milky. Terminal buds surrounded by bud-scales. Leaves alternate; stipules caducous, free. Leaf-blade oblong, leathery, margins entire, never lobed; venation pinnate. Inflorescences globose heads. Flowers: staminate and pistillate on same plants; perianth vestigial. Staminate flowers numerous, surrounding 1-2 central pistillate flowers; stamen 1, straight; anther peltate, dehiscence circumscissile. Pistillate flowers borne inside receptacle; bracts peltate; ovary 1, inferior, 1-locular; style 2-branched. Syncarps somewhat globose; each achene embedded in enlarged, pulpy receptacle. x = 13.
Discussion
Species ca. 24 (1 in the flora).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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peltate +
circumscissile +
palmate +
peltate +
connate +
pistillate +
Breadnut +
absent +
Neotropical +
surrounding +
unisexual +
small +
multiple +
globose +
oblong +
leathery +
simple +
alternate +
lobed +
inferior +
vestigial +
grooved +
1-2-carpellate +
Prodr., +
flask--shaped +
enlarged +
fleshy +
milky +
straight +
inflexed +
equal +
1;2 +
caducous +
free +
absent +
2-branched +
globose +
Brosimum +
Moraceae +
genus +
flattened +
evergreen +