Lasiodiscus Hook.f.

Rhamnaceae, Marshall C. Johnston (University of Texas Herbarium). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1972

Morphology General Habit

Shrubs or usually trees

Morphology Leaves

Leaves opposite or nearly so, unlobed, usually lanceolate-ovate, cuneate to rounded at base, usually acute, entire to serrate; petioles present but sometimes quite short

Morphology Leaves Stipules

Stipules interpetiolar; at occasional nodes where the leaves are not quite opposite the stipules are not united, and on some branches the stipules are free on the upper side and interpetiolar on the lower

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescence in the form of congested divaricate cymes or umbel-like or nearly reduced to axillary fascicles, usually rather long-pedunculate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers perfect, protandrous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries

Cup usually broadly campanuloid

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Perianth

Sepals and petals 5

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc

Disk massive and nearly completely surrounding the ovary

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary

Ovary at anthesis inferior but later by differential growth becoming at least half superior; cup and disk accrescent and persistently coherent to the 3-celled ovary, at maturity covering the lower fourth or third of the fruit and at dehiscence breaking ± irregularly along with the dryish exocarp, the 3 remnants adhering to the 3 crustaceous 1-seeded meri-endocarps which separate elastically and completely from each other, each releasing its seed through a longitudinal ventral slit.