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(Last Modified On 7/18/2013)
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(Last Modified On 7/18/2013)
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Genus
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Pseudima Radlk.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Konigl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Mun- chen 8: 300. 1878.
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Note
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TYPE: Sapindus frutescens Aubl. = Pseudima frutescens (Aubl.) Radlk.
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Description
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Polygamous shrubs or small trees; trunks slender. Leaves large, pinnate; leaf- lets 10-18, opposite or subopposite, oblong to oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, pin- nately veined, entire, petiolate, exstipulate. Inflorescences of terminal or sub- terminal panicles. Flowers regular; sepals 5, free, concave in 2 unequal imbricate series, the 2 exterior sepals ovate, smaller, the inner sepals elliptic; petals 5, lan- ceolate to linear, lacking scales within; disc cupular or plate shaped, 5-angled; stamens 8, borne within the disc, erect, about equalling the petals in staminate flowers, exceeding the ovary but shorter than the petals in bisexual flowers, the filaments filiform, the anthers ovate-oblong; ovary 2- (rarely 3-) locular, 2- (3-) coccate-lobate, the style borne between the two lobes of the fruit, remaining basal in fruit where one lobe aborts. Capsules obcordate or obovate with an aborted basal lobe, stipitate, the valves coriaceous; seeds ellipsoid or obovoid, black, shiny, minutely punctate, the aril white, basal, inconspicuous; embryo curved.
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Habit
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shrubs or small trees
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