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2. Trema Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 562. 1790. Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 5:483. 1888; Hutch., Gen. Pl. 2:148. 1967.
RUBINA AKHTER
Sponia Comm. ex Lam.
Tall shrubs or trees. Leaves alternate serrate, 3-nerved at the base, young branches and leaves scabrid. Flowers unisexual or bisexual or polygamous in small axillary fascicles. Male flowers: Perianth 4-5-lobed, stamens 4-5, opposite the perianth, filaments erect, longer than perianth lobes. Female flower: Perianth same as in male flower; ovary sessile on wooly disc; style terminal, 2-fid, linear. Fruit a small, ovoid or subglobose drupe with persistent calyx.
A genus of about 25 species, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. One species is found in Pakistan.
Lower Taxon
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