Ludia Comm. ex Juss.

Flacourtiaceae, H. Sleumer (Rijksherbarium, Leiden). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1975

Morphology General Habit

Trees or shrubs

Morphology Leaves

Leaves persistent, alternate, coriaceous, entire, penninerved, the nerves often steeply ascending, reticulation markedly raised on both faces, petioled, exstipulate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers

Flowers bisexual, small, solitary, or rarely 2 or 3 together from the same axil, subsessile, subtended by several minute imbricate suborbicular bracts

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Sepals 5 or 6, uniseriate, imbricate

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Petals 0

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens

Stamens indefinite in number, inserted on a flat receptacle, with numerous hairs between the filiform filaments; anthers small; connective generally rather obscure

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc

Disk-glands several, small, along the edge of the receptacle

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil

Ovary with 2–4 placentas which bear few to numerous ovules; style columnar, often ± deeply 3-lobed or -partite distally

Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits

Fruit baccate, hardly or tardily and irregularly dehiscent; pericarp coriaceous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds few; testa hard.