The Malvaceae are trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs comprising about 204 genera and about 2,330 species that are further characteri
The Malvaceae are trees, shrubs, lianas or herbs comprising about 204 genera and about 2,330 species that are further characterized by the presence of stellate hairs and mucilaginous sap. The leaves are alternate, simple, and often palmately veined and lobed; stipules are present. The flowers are bisexual or functionally unisexual, usually actinomorphic, often associated with conspicuous bracts that form an epicalyx. The perianth consists of usually 5 valvate, distinct or basally connate sepals and usually 5 distinct petals (sometimes lacking) that are often basally adnate to the androecium. The androecium consists of 5-numerous stamens, these distinct, fascicled, or monadelphous with apically divergent filaments; anthers 1- or 2-loculed; staminodes sometimes present. The gynoecium is a single compound pistil of 2-many (sometimes loosely united) carpels with styles and stigmas equaling the carpels in number and distinct, or variously united; the ovary is superior with 2-many locules, each bearing 1-numerous, usually axile ovules. The fruit is a loculicidal capsule, schizocarp, nut, indehiscent pod, aggregate of follicles, drupe, or berry, or samara.
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Nuts & Kernels
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Other
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