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Pisonia Plum. ex Linn., Sp. Pl. 1026. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 451. 1754; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4:710. 1885; Brandis, Ind. Trees, 517. 1911; Talbot, For. Fl. 2:368. 1911; J.F. Stemmerik in van Steenis, Fl. Males. 1, 6:457. 1964; Hutch., Gen. Flow. Pl. 2: 266. 1967.
Lees or shrubs, often spiny. Leaves usually opposite. Plants usually dioecious. Flowers without an involucre. Calyx of male flower funnel shaped, of female flower broadly tubular. Perianth lobes 5. Stamens 6-10, exserted. Ovary sessile, stigma capitate or fimbriate. Anthocarp viscous-glandular, rarely fleshy. Nut membranous.
A genus of c. 50 species; tropical and subtropical, mostly American and Polynesian. Represented in Pakistan by 1 cultivated species.
Lower Taxon
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