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Flora Data (Last Modified On 9/4/2013)
Genus Genipa L.
PlaceOfPublication Gen. P1. ed. 5. 87. 1754.
Note LECTOTYPE: G. americana L.
Description Trees. Leaves opposite, coriaceous, petiolate; stipules interpetiolar, often per- sistent, triangular, connate basally. Inflorescence of a single axillary or terminal cyme, the flowers several, occasionally solitary. Flowers large, bisexual, 5-6- merous; calyx campanulate or turbinate, truncate, the teeth absent or of 5-6 short lobes; corolla short cylindrical, the lobes 5-6, contorted in bud, often longer than the tube; stamens 5-6, the anthers usually sessile, inserted at the mouth, dorsi- fixed, exserted; ovary 2-celled, the ovules numerous, usually disposed horizon- tally. Fruits baccate, usually globose, smooth, leathery, the wall thick, the seeds numerous, large, usually trapeziform, disposed in several rows in a fleshy pulp.
Distribution a genus of about 7 species, occurring in tropical Florida, Mexico, Central America and in South America.
Key a. Leaves drying black; corolla pubescent outside ...... 1. G. americana aa. Leaves drying brown; corolla glabrous outside. b. Leaves lanceolate, 3.7-5.2 cm wide, deltoid at the apex; corolla lobes ca. 4.5 mm wide; fruits ca. 3 cm in diam. ...... 2. G. curviflora bb. Leaves obovate rotund, obovate or oblong, 3.5-10.0 cm wide, rounded or obtuse at the apex; corolla lobes ca. 1 cm wide; fruits 3.5-5.0(-7.0) cm in diam. ...... 3. G. williamsii
 
 
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