Pseudocedrela Harms

Meliaceae, Styles & F. White (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1991

Morphology General Habit

Trees

Morphology Leaves

Leaves paripinnate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers unisexual (plants monoecious)

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx (4–)5-lobed almost to the base, lobes ovate or suborbicular

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals (4–)5, free, slightly contorted, boat-shaped and spreading in open flower

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Staminal tube urceolate, ending in (8–) 10 bifid, reflexed lobes, the anthers inserted between the deltate teeth of the lobes

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc

Disk annular, surrounding the base of the ovary

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil

Ovary 4–5-locular, each locule with 4–6 ovules; style-head discoid, upper surface with 4–5 radiating stigmatic ridges

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit an erect, narrowly clavifonn, woody, septifragal capsule, opening from the apex by 5 divergent valves which remain attached at the base and connected by a fibrous network; columella woody, extending to the apex of the capsule, sharply 4–5-angled, indented with the imprints of the seeds; seed-scars inconspicuous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds winged, 4–5 per locule, attached by the seed-end to the distal part of the columella.