Staudtia Warb.

[FZ]

Myristicaceae, B.L. Stannard. Flora Zambesiaca 9:2. 1997

Morphology General Habit: Evergreen trees, monoecious or dioecious.
Morphology Leaves: Leaves subcoriaceous, rounded to cuneate at the base, minutely punctate beneath, lateral nerves not prominent, tertiary venation reticulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences: Inflorescences capitate with flowers densely clustered in sub-globose shortly pedunculate heads in leaf axils, bracteate; bracteoles absent; flowers unisexual, shortly pedicellate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers: Male flower perianth funnel-shaped, 3–4-lobed; stamen filaments fused into a slender column; anthers 3–4, adnate to the column. Female flower perianth as in male; stigma sessile.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits: Fruits clustered on a shortly-stalked receptacle, pedicellate, ovoid, with a thick cartilaginous pericarp, dehiscent, the suture sometimes raised into a low ridge; pericarp thickly woody-crustaceous in mature fruits.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds: Seeds ellipsoid; aril ± lobed at the apex, or cupular and entire; endosperm not ruminate.

[FTEA]

Myristicaceae, Bernard Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1997

Morphology General Habit: Dioecious or monoecious trees
Morphology Leaves: Leaves subcoriaceous, petiolate, glabrous, with 5–10 pairs of lateral nerves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences: Inflorescences subglobose or capitate, dense, sessile or shortly pedunculate; bracts present; bracteoles absent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers: Male flowers with perianth ± funnel-shaped, 3–4-lobed; anthers 3–4, joined into a column slightly exceeding the joined filaments Female flowers with perianth subglobose, 3–4-lobed; ovary globose; stigma sessile, indistinct
sex Male: Male flowers with perianth ± funnel-shaped, 3–4-lobed; anthers 3–4, joined into a column slightly exceeding the joined filaments
sex Female: Female flowers with perianth subglobose, 3–4-lobed; ovary globose; stigma sessile, indistinct
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits: Fruits with fleshy pericarp, eventually splitting into 2 valves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds: Seed woody, ovoid or oblong-ellipsoid, with aril entire or only lobed at apex; endosperm hard, oily and starchy, not ruminate.

Angola, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre

Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Flora Zambesiaca

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Flora of Tropical East Africa

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Kew Backbone Distributions

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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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