Caricaceae
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Description
34 spp
Growing form
Small trees
Leaf
Leaves: palmately lobed or palmately compound; crowded at branch tips; no stipules.
Flower
Dioecious, Flower: 5 sepals; 5 petals; 5 stamens that are fused with the petals at base; ovary superior.
Fruit and seed
Fruit a melon-like berry, with many seeds and watery exosperm.
Source: Pinkka e-learning: Tropical plant families (EKOL4311, University of Turku) - All tropical plant families
Observations in Finland
The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Caricaceae
Author
Dumort.
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.4986516
Taxon rank
family
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
Taxon information in machine-readable form
Subordinate taxa