MORACEAE

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 66

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.302862
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scientific name	MORACEAE
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XXXVIII. MORACEAE View in CoL 1

Trees or shrubs with latex. Monoecious or dioecious. Leaves alternate (rarely opposite); stipules caducous. Flowers usually densely spicate, capitate or enclosed in a fleshy, urceolate receptacle (fig). Male flowers with 3- to 4-partite perianth, and 3-4 stamens opposite the perianth-segments. Female flowers with 3- to 4-partite perianth; ovary 1 - or 2-locular, superior; styles 2 (1). Ovule anatropous or campylotropous. Fruit a druplet often surrounded by the fleshy perianth; druplets often crowded into syncarps.

1 Leaves entire; branches spiny 3. Maclura 1 Leaves dentate or lobed; branches not spiny 2 Stipule-scarencirclingthestem; stamensstraightin bud;

fruits borne on the inside of a fleshy pyriform structure

4. Ficus 2 Stipule-scar not encirclingthestem; stamens inflexedinbud;

fruits borne on a short axis 3 Buds with 3-6 scales; syncarp cylindrical or ovoid 2. Morus 3 Buds with 2 or 3 scales; syncarp globose 1. Broussonetia