Marantaceae Petersen
竹竽科
Habit: herb
Taxon group: monocots
Stem: rhizome
Leaf: position: distichous
Leaf: venation: pinnate
Flowers: inflorescence: spike, head, panicle
Flowers: sexuality: bisexual
Flowers: symmetry: zygomorphic
Flowers: sepal number/calyx lobes: 3
Flowers: sepal position: all free from one another
Flowers: petal number/corolla lobes: 3
Flowers: petal position: connate or basally connate
Flower: bract: present
Flower: bractlet: present
Stamen: number: 1
Stamen: anthers: 1-celled at anthesis
Stamen: other characters: staminodia present
Pistil: ovary: 1-loculed, 2-loculed, 3-loculed
Pistil: ovule: 1 per locule
Ovary: position: inferior
Stigma: 3-cleft
Fruit: types and characters: a capsule (incl. pod, follicle, etc.), fleshy (berry, drupe, pome)
Fruit: seed: 1 seed, 2 seeds, 3 seeds
Seed: aril: present
Seed: endosperm: seeds with endosperm
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