Maclura cochinchinensis (Lour.) Corner

Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Maclura cochinchinensis (Lour.) Corner. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000448071. Accessed on: 28 Jan 2023'

General Information

Shrubs, erect or scandent. Branches glabrous; spines curved or straight, to ca. 2 cm, sometimes very inconspicuous. Petiole ca. 1 cm; leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate to oblong, 3-8 × 2-2.5 cm, papery to leathery, glabrous, base cuneate, margin entire, apex rounded to shortly acuminate; secondary veins 7-10 on each side of midvein, tertiary veins reticulate. Male inflorescences a capitulum, 6-10 mm in diam., pedunculate. Female inflorescences pubescent; peduncle to 1 cm. Male flowers: calyx lobes 4, unequal; anthers short; pistillode pyramidal or shield-shaped. Female flowers: calyx lobes free or basally connate, apex thick. Fruiting syncarp reddish orange when mature, 2-5 cm in diam., pubescent. Drupes brown when mature, ovoid, smooth. Fl. Apr-May, fr. Jun-Jul.

Provided by: [A].Flora of China @ efloras.org

Synonyms

[B].Moraceae
[C].Urticaceae

Bibliography

1 "Maclura cochinchinensis (Lour.) Corner in Flora of China @ efloras.org" eFlora. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA., 2004. Web. Accessed February 2018.

Information From

Flora of China @ efloras.org

'Flora of China @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=2 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.