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(Last Modified On 4/2/2013)
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(Last Modified On 4/2/2013)
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Genus
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Mastichodendron Cronquist
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PlaceOfPublication
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Lloydia 9: 245, 1946.
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Description
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Trees, unarmed. Leaves alternate or subopposite; blades typically exceeding 6 cm, more or less canaliculate above the midrib, the channel often terminating in a small pouch at the base of the blade. Flowers in clusters at defoliated nodes; sepals 5, uniseriate; corolla subrotate to ? cylindric, the lobes 5, exceeding the tube, lack- ing appendages; staminodes not petaloid; staminal filaments attached to the corolla near the level of the sinuses; ovary glabrate, usually 5-locular, the ovules at- tached basilaterally. Fruit fleshy, 1-seeded at maturity; seed 1-2.7 cm long, the scar basilateral, as much as 9 mm long but not extending to the middle of the seed, the endosperm copious.
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Trees
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Distribution
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Five species are known in North America, one reaching Panama; the status of several Chinese species is open to question (Cronquist, Lloydia 9: 245, 1946).
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Reference
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Cronquist, A. Studies in the Sapotaceae, II. Survey of the North American genera. Lloydia 9: 241-2292, 1946 (Mastichodendron p. 244-252).
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