- Source: Abuta dwyeriana
Abuta dwyeriana is a species of the Abuta genus, which is part of the flowering plant family Menispermaceae.
Description
Like most other Abuta species, A. dwyeriana is typically a dioecious climber, or rarely erect trees or shrubs. It has simple leaves and its flowers are in composed panicles. The male flowers have six sepals in two whorls, six stamens that can be either connate or free, and anthers with a longitudinal or transverse dehiscence1. The female flowers have sepals and petals similar to the male flowers, six staminodes, and three carpels. The drupes are ovoid, the endocarp is woody, the condyle is septiform, the endosperm is ruminate, and the embryo is curved. These species are found in the tropical rain forest1.
References
Further reading
Abuta dwyeriana Krukoff & Barneby, Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY 20(2): 73 (1970).
