Agonandra

  • Authority

    Hiepko, Paul H. 2000. Opiliaceae. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 82: i-iv + 1-53. (Published by NYBG Press)

  • Family

    Opiliaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Agonandra

  • Type

    Type. Agonandra brasiliensis Miers ex Bentham & J.D. Hooker.

  • Synonyms

    Agonandra brasiliensis Miers ex Benth. & Hook.f.

  • Description

    Genus Description - Dioecious trees or shrubs, rarely vinelike. Leaves usually glabrous, base of lamina decurrent onto petiole. Inflorescence a raceme with 1-3 (-4) flowers per bract; bracts ± peltate, caducous; bracteoles (if present) minute; rachis glabrous, papillate or puberulous. Flowers green to yellow-green or white, pedicellate, 4-5-merous, unisexual; tepals free, glabrous, papillate or puberulous; stamens with filaments filiform, exceeding the perianth; disk lobed or annular to urceolate (lobes fused); in [male] flowers the pistil rudimentary, in [female] flowers stamens wanting; disk usually annular and much smaller; pistil with sessile stigma. Drupe ellipsoid, sometimes more or less globular, to 3 cm long; pedicel cylindrical or thicker toward apex.

  • Distribution

    Ten species in Mexico, Central America, and South America.

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