Leea guineensis
Description 4
Shrubs or small trees. Branchlets terete, almost glabrous. Leaves 2- or 3-pinnate; petiole 6-13 cm, central petiolules 1.5-4 cm, lateral petiolules 0.5-1.5 cm, glabrous; leaflets oval elliptic to long and roundly lanceolate, 5-15 × 2.5-8 cm, base broadly cuneate, or rarely suborbicular, margin with acute teeth, apex acuminate, glabrous; lateral veins 6-11 pairs, abaxial veinlets conspicuous but not protruding. Inflorescences a corymboselike compound dichasium, ca. 50 cm in diam. Pedicel very short or nearly none, sparsely with papillary hairs; buds ca. 3 mm. Calyx tube cupulate; sepal triangular, with an acute apex, glabrous. Petals 5, elliptic, red. Stamens 5; filaments 1.2-1.6 mm; anthers yellow. Ovary ovate; stigma expanded slightly. Berry subglobose, ca. 0.8 cm in diam.
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More Info
- iNat taxon page
- African Plants - a photo guide
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- World Flora Online
