Meliaceae

Ekebergia Sparrm.

First published in Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1779: 282 (1779)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical & S. Africa.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Trees or shrubs
Morphology General Indumentum
Indumentum of simple hairs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves imparipinnate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers unisexual (plant dioecious), in contracted panicles
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx (4–)5(–6)-lobed in upper half
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals (4–)5, free, imbricate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Staminal tube cup-shaped, filaments completely fused or almost so, without appendages; anthers usually 10, hairy or glabrous, inserted on the rim of the staminal tube, scarcely apiculate; antherodes very slender
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
Disk in ♂ flowers annular or patelliform, partly fused to base of staminal tube and ovary, in ♀ flowers a small swelling fused to the base of the ovary
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 2–5(–6)-locular; locules with 2 superposed ovules; style short and stout; style-head capitate, with 2–5 indistinct stigmatic lobes; pistillode slender, sometimes with vestigial ovules
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Drupe with 2–4(–6), l(–2)- seeded pyrenes.
[FTEA]

Meliaceae, F. White & B. T. Styles. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Small or medium-sized trees.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets entire.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers dioecious, with little external difference between the sexes, but with well-developed vestiges of the opposite sex, borne in axillary cymose panicles or extra-axillary towards the base of the current year's growth.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx lobed in upper half, lobes (4) 5, deltate or rounded.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals (4) 5, free, much longer than the calyx in bud, imbricate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Staminal tube shortly cylindric, margin more or less entire or shallowly divided to form 8–10 teeth each bearing an anther or antherode; appendages absent; anthers less than 1 mm. long, ^ oblong, scarcely apiculate; antherodes more than 1 mm. long, narrowly pyramidal, apiculate, without pollen-sacs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
Disk annular, free from the ovary but fused at the base to the base of the staminal tube, glabrous outside, densely setulose-hairy on margin and inner face.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary 2–5-locular, each loculus with 2 superposed ovules; style very short, style-head capitate, surmounted by 2–5 indistinct erect stigmatic lobes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Vestigial ovary similar to the functional ovary but more slender, with loculi and sometimes with vestigial ovules.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Drupe with 2–4 pyrenes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds mostly one per loculus; testa fleshy and resembling an aril.
[FZ]

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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