Illigera Blume

Hernandiaceae, B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1985

Morphology General Habit

Lianes climbing by means of twisting petioles, usually evergreen

Morphology Leaves

Leaves 3- or rarely 5-foliolate, very rarely simple and 3-lobed

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescences terminal and axillary, the individual elements simple or paired branched cincinni

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers hermaphrodite, 5-merous; buds ellipsoid or rarely globose

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Tepal

Tepals in 2 whorls of 5, valvate, deciduous, the outer 3–5-nerved, the inner 1–3-nerved

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens 5, opposite the outer tepals, almost always alternating with sessile glands; filaments straight to S-shaped and not flattened or circinate and flattened, with 2 small clavate or stipitate inflated membranous appendages; anthers ovoid, dehiscing by valves which reflex back when open, hinged on the upper exterior part of the theca-margin

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary

Ovary ovoid, 4-angled, 2–4 of the angles developing into lateral wings in the fruit, when 4 then 2 shorter than the others.