Petalostigma quadriloculare (Petalostigma quadriloculare)
Description
Shrubs or trees,evergreen,dioecious;stems and foliage without conspicuous latex.Bark greyish black,tesselated.Indumentum of simple hairs,not glandular,stinging hairs absent.Stipules entire,inconspicuous,caducous.Leaves alternate,simple,petiolate,elobate,penninerved,margin entire,glands absent.Inflorescences axillary,bracteate fascicles or very short racemes with groups of flowers.Flowers actinomorphic;petals absent;disc absent.Staminate flowers pedicellate;sepals ,free,imbricate,cucullate,± equal;petals absent;disc absent;stamens -,filaments connate and attached to a slightly raised receptacle;anthers dorsifixed,bilobate,thecae oblong,longitudinally dehiscent;pistillode absent.Pistillate flowers sessile to pedicellate;sepals ?,imbricate,free;ovary - or -locular,ovules per locule,style short,stigmas simple,flabellate (petal-like).Fruits capsular,quadri- or trilobate,tardilly dehiscing septicidally into bivalved cocci;sarcocarp fleshy,orange to red.Seeds ellipsoid to flattened ellipsoid to ovoid;testa crustaceous;albumen fleshy;caruncles entire,non-arilloid;cotyledons broad,flat.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malpighiales
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Family: Picrodendraceae
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Genus: Petalostigma
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