Phyllobotryon spatulatum
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Salicaceae |
Genus: | Phyllobotryon |
Species: | P. spatulatum
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Binomial name | |
Phyllobotryon spatulatum Müll.Arg.
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Phyllobotryon spatulatum is a large shrub or small tree native to tropical West Africa.
Description
[edit]The species grows to about 12 feet (3.7 m) in height. Its leaves are uncommonly large and grow to 40 inches (100 cm) long by 7 inches (18 cm) wide. It is especially noted for its flowers, which grow in several evenly-spaced clusters along the midrib of the leaves.[1] It is believed that an inflorescence has become fused to the midrib, as in the lindens (Tilia spp). The small red flowers are trimerous, with 3 sepals, 3 petals a pistil with 3 stigmata and about thirty stamens.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Menninger, Edwin A. Fantastic Trees. New York: The Viking Press. pp. 52, 264 and photo p. 47.
- ^ "Phyllobotryon spathulatum Müll.Arg". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved October 7, 2021.