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Knema malayana fruits

Myristicaceae.

 

Flora Malesiana Vol. 14 (2000): Fruits

1-3 per infructescence, ellipsoid or obovoid, apex subobtuse, base often narrowed, 1.2-

1.6 by 0.8-1 cm, with mealy hairs 0.2-0.4 mm long; dry pericarp 1-1.5 mm thick; fruiting

pedicel (4-) 6- 15 mm long. Ripe fruits light or dark brown, or

yellow.

 

Gardens Bulletin Vol. 16: Fruit usually in pairs,

pear-shaped, obtuse at the apex, often with the remains of the

stigma, narrowed to the base where the perianth scars form a

small collar, rusty-tomentulose, 1·5-2 em. long and 1-1·2 em. ·

broad: stalk slender, 5 mm. long; pericarp thin. Seed smooth, with

an outer, light brown succulent coat, dark blackish brown beneath.

Aril red, laciniate at the apex, covering the seed.

 

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Uploaded on June 28, 2014
Taken on June 19, 2014