Olacaceae

Heisteria Jacq.

First published in Enum. Syst. Pl.: 4 (1760), nom. cons.
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Tropical Africa, Mexico to Tropical America.

Descriptions

Olacaceae, G. Ll. Lucas. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1968

Morphology General Habit
Trees or shrubs; branchlets winged, glabrous
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, entire, coriaceous, glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers borne in axillary fascicles, (4–)5(–6)-merous, small, sessile or pedicellate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx small in flower, lobed, subcoriaceous, accrescent and usually enveloping the fruit at maturity, sometimes reflexed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals valvate, ± free and pubescent on the inner surface
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens twice as many as petals, free or adnate to petal-base, usually arranged in 2 whorls, with the episepalous filaments or stamens as a whole slightly longer than the epipetalous whorl, or more rarely arranged in 1 whorl; filaments filiform or flattened; anthers ± globular
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
Ovary superior, 3-partite at the base and almost so to the apex; ovules 3, pendulous, anatropous; style short; stigma 3-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a drupe, globose to ellipsoidal, glabrous.
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Sources

  • 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/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0