Pandaceae Engl. & Gilg

Pandaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958

Morphology General Habit

Trees

Morphology Leaves

Leaves alternate, simple, serrulate; stipules present

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers dioecious Male flowers racemose, the racemes fasciculate from the old wood Female flowers arranged like the male

sex Male

Male flowers racemose, the racemes fasciculate from the old wood

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx cupular, open in bud Calyx cupular, truncate or toothed

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals 5, valvate Petals 5 [imbricate?]; staminodes absent

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium

Stamens 10, alternately long and short; anthers 2-celled, opening lengthwise

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Sterile Parts

Rudimentary ovary linear-subulate

sex Female

Female flowers arranged like the male

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium

Ovary subsessile, 3–4-celled; stigmas 3–4, reflexed; ovule solitary, pendulous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit drupaceous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds with copious oily endosperm; cotyledons cordate

Pandaceae, A. R.-Smith. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1988

Morphology General Habit

Dioecious trees or shrubs

Morphology Leaves

Leaves alternate, distichous, simple, entire, crenate or serrate, penninerved, stipulate, borne horizontally on shoots which subtend ‘axillary buds’ and thus resemble pinnate leaves; stipules usually persistent, the adaxial one arising below the abaxial

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers small, regular, unisexual, in axillary or supraaxillary fascicles, abbreviated racemes or cymes, or in terminal or cauliflorous racemiform thyrses

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Calyx cupular, truncate or 5-lobed, the lobes imbricate or open

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals 5, contorted, imbricate or valvate, flattened or galeate-cucullate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Nectaries

Disc small, rarely large, or absent

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium

Stamens 5, 10 or 15, uniseriate or biseriate, sometimes unequal; anthers introrse, 2-thecous, opening lengthwise; staminodes sometimes present in ? flowers; pistillode of ? flowers linear-subulate, cylindric or narrowly conical, sometimes pentagonal at base

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium

Ovary superior, 2–5-locular, with 1 (–2) apical pendulous orthotropous or anatropous ovules per locule, without obturator; styles 1–5, simple or bipartite

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit a drupe, sometimes flattened, more rarely a capsule; mesocarp fleshy; endocarp woody, bony or stony, thin to thick and massive, usually tubercled, muricate, pitted or ridged, sometimes dehiscent by valves

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds usually flattened-concave, more rarely ovoid, ecarunculate, with endosperm Cotyledons broad, sometimes cordate