Blighia

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Blighia

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<<<Flowers>Calyx>Sepals>Sepal number

51
1. 005-001-001-001

<<<Leaves>Leaflets>Margins>Margin type

entire2
2. 003-004-002-001

<<Flowers>Calyx>Sepals

, free, valvate sepals3
3. 005-001-001

<<Flowers>Disk>Lobe number

8-lobed4
4. 005-003-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Carpel number

3(4)-carpellate5
5. 005-005-001

<<Flowers>Ovary>Ovule number per carpel

a single ovule per carpel6
6. 005-005-002

<<Flowers>Petals>Petal number

57
7. 005-002-001

<<Flowers>Petals>Shape

connate along the margins to a petaloid appendage, forming a pouch8
8. 005-002-002

<<Flowers>Stamens>Stamen number

8-109
9. 005-004-001

<<Flowers>Style>Shape

elongate-conical10
10. 005-006-001

<<Leaves>Leaflets>Leaflet pair number

1-5 pairs11
11. 003-004-001

<<Leaves>Leaflets>Margins

the margins .12
12. 003-004-002

<<Leaves>Rachises>Shape

cylindrical or angled13
13. 003-002-001

<Flowers>Calyx

calyx of ;14
14. 005-001

<Flowers>Disk

disc annular, ;15
15. 005-003

<Flowers>Ovary

ovary , with ;16
16. 005-005

<Flowers>Petals

petals , ;17
17. 005-002

<Flowers>Stamens

stamens ;18
18. 005-004

<Flowers>Style

style distal, .19
19. 005-006

<Fruits>Locule number

3(4)-locular20
20. 006-001

<Inflorescences>Arrangement

axillary racemes or racemose thyrses with depauperate dichasia21
21. 004-001

<Leaves>Leaflets

leaflets opposite, ,22
22. 003-004

<Leaves>Petiolule

petiolules short and slightly swollen;23
23. 003-003

<Leaves>Processes

rachis with a distal process (rudimentary leaflet);24
24. 003-001

<Leaves>Rachises

leaf rachis ;25
25. 003-002

<Seeds>Aril

with a basal, enlarged aril26
26. 007-001

Description

Trees or shrubs. Stipules wanting. Leaves alternate, paripinnate, rachis with a distal process (rudimentary leaflet); leaf rachis cylindrical or angled; petiolules short and slightly swollen; leaflets opposite, 1-5 pairs, the margins entire. Inflorescences axillary racemes or racemose thyrses with depauperate dichasia. Flowers actinomorphic, functionally unisexual (plants polygamous-dioecious); calyx of 5, free, valvate sepals; petals 5, connate along the margins to a petaloid appendage, forming a pouch; disc annular, 8-lobed; stamens 8-10; ovary 3(4)-carpellate, with a single ovule per carpel; style distal, elongate-conical. Fruit a 3(4)-locular, loculicidal, capsule. Seeds with a basal, enlarged aril.

Distribution

tropical Africa present
A tropical African genus of three species, one of which is cultivated for its edible arils and as an ornamental.

Flowers

Flowers actinomorphic, functionally unisexual (plants polygamous-dioecious);27
27. 005

Fruits

Fruit a , loculicidal, capsule.28
28. 006

Habit

Trees or shrubs.29
29. 001

Inflorescences

Inflorescences .30
30. 004

Leaves

Leaves alternate, paripinnate,31
31. 003

Seeds

Seeds .32
32. 007

Stipules

Stipules wanting.33
33. 002