TILIACEAE
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0402C-FEC8-E261-FAA4-F881D9E1F59C |
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Plazi |
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TILIACEAE |
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CV. TILIACEAE 1
Leaves simple, alternate; stipules usually caducous. Flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, 5-merous. Sepals and petals free. Stamens numerous, sometimes united at the base into fascicles. Ovary superior, of 5 carpels; fruit a capsule or nut.
Corchorus olitorius L. , Sp. Pl. 529 (1753), extensively cultivated in warmer countries for its fibres and as a vegetable, is occasionally cultivated in the Aegean region and has been reported as locally naturalized or casual. It is an erect, glabrous annual with ovate, serrate leaves, small, yellow, leaf-opposed flowers and a narrow, many-seeded capsule.
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