5-426: Flacourtia euphlebia Flacourtia rukam is a species of flowering plant in the family Salicaceae . It is native to Island Southeast Asia and Melanesia , but has spread into Mainland Southeast Asia , India , and Polynesia . It is also cultivated for its edible fruit. Common names include rukam , governor's plum , Indian plum , and Indian prune . This species is a tree growing 5 to 15 meters tall. The trunk
10-414: A salicoid tooth being one in which a vein enters the tooth, expands, and terminates at or near the apex, near which are spherical and glandular protuberances called setae. Sometimes the glands will deflate and appear torus (doughnut) shaped. Some members of the family exhibit violoid or theoid teeth, characters along with presence of an aril and introrse anther dehiscence that are sometimes used to split
15-428: Is lined with thorns up to 10 centimeters long; some cultivated varieties lack thorns. New leaves are red to brown in color. Mature leaves are somewhat oval in shape with toothed edges and up to 16 centimeters long by 7 wide. Racemes of yellow-green male and female flowers occur in the leaf axils. The rounded fruit is about 2 centimeters long and is green, red, or purple in color. Salicaceae The Salicaceae are
20-545: The willow family of flowering plants . The traditional family (Salicaceae sensu stricto ) included the willows, poplars. Genetic studies summarized by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group (APG) have greatly expanded the circumscription of the family to contain 56 genera and about 1220 species, including the tropical Scyphostegiaceae and many of the former Flacourtiaceae . In the Cronquist system ,
25-762: The Salicaceae were assigned to their own order, Salicales, and contained three genera, Salix , Populus , and Chosenia (now a synonym of Salix ). Recognized to be closely related to the Violaceae and Passifloraceae , the family is placed by the APG in the order Malpighiales . Under the new circumscription, most members of the family are trees or shrubs that have simple leaves with alternate arrangement , and temperate members are usually deciduous . Most members have serrate or dentate leaf margins , and many of those that have such toothed margins exhibit salicoid teeth,
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