EcoFlora - Brosimum

Brosimum
Family: Moraceae Timothy Paine	FNA Resources Richard P. Wunderlin in Flora of North America (vol. 3) Trees , evergreen; sap milky. Terminal buds surrounded by bud scales. Leaves alternate; stipules caducous, free. Leaf blade oblong, leathery, margins entire, never lobed; venation pinnate. Inflorescences globose heads. Flowers: staminate and pistillate on same plants; perianth vestigial. Staminate flowers numerous, surrounding 1-2 central pistillate flowers; stamen 1, straight; anther peltate, dehiscence circumscissile. Pistillate flowers borne inside receptacle; bracts peltate; ovary 1, inferior, 1-locular; style 2-branched. Syncarps somewhat globose; each achene embedded in enlarged, pulpy receptacle. x = 13.
Species within inventory project: Arizona Flora Brosimum acutifolium Map not Available Brosimum alicastrum Map not Available Brosimum amazonicum Map not Available Brosimum aubletii Map not Available Brosimum costaricanum Map not Available Brosimum gaudichaudii Map not Available Brosimum guianense Map not Available Brosimum heteroclitum Map not Available Brosimum lactescens Map not Available Brosimum melanopotamicum Images not available Map not Available Brosimum multinervium Map not Available Brosimum oligandrum Images not available Map not Available Brosimum parinarioides Map not Available Brosimum potabile Map not Available Brosimum rubescens Map not Available Brosimum sprucei Map not Available Brosimum spurium Images not available Map not Available Brosimum uleanum Images not available Map not Available Brosimum utile Map not Available