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8. Myxopyrum Blume, Bijdr. 683. 1826.
胶核木属 jiao he mu shu
Shrubs scandent. Branchlets 4-angled. Leaves opposite, simple, petiolate; leaf blade entire or serrate, prominently 3-veined, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary panicles, many flowered. Flowers small, bisexual. Calyx 4-lobed. Corolla yellow or pink, urceolate with fleshy tube longer than lobes or campanulate with tube shorter than lobes; lobes 4, valvate in bud. Stamens 2, inserted at base of corolla tube; anthers dehiscing longitudinally. Ovules 2 in each locule, ascending. Stigma subsessile, minute, 2-cleft. Fruit a berry, subglobose. Seeds with fleshy or cuticular endosperm; radicle downward.
About 4 species: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam; 2 species in China.
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Inflorescences 4.5-6.5 cm; fruit 10-20 mm in diam.; corolla lobes shorter than tube |
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1 Myxopyrum pierrei |
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Inflorescences 7-19 cm; fruit 5-10 mm in diam.; corolla lobes longer than tube |
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2 Myxopyrum smilacifolium |
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