Platea is a genus of predominantly dioecious trees with spirally arranged leathery leaves. Plants may grow up to 45 meters tall. The young shoots and branches are covered with stellate (star-shaped) trichomes or simple hairs. The staminate (male) flowers are arranged in panicles and the pistillate (female) flowers in racemes. The flowers are pentamerous (floral parts arranged in five), with female flowers lacking petals. The stigma is sessile and disc-shaped, and the ovaries are cylindrical. The fruits are cylindrical drupes that are blue-black when ripe with a woody endocarp.[3][1]
Taxonomy and namingedit
Platea was once placed in the Icacinaceae. After the Icacinaceae were split into four smaller families, Platea was transferred to the Metteniusaceae. As of February 2023, it consists of 8 accepted species:[2]
^ abUtteridge, Timothy M. A. (2010). "A new species of Platea (Icacinaceae) from Peninsular Malaysia: Platea malayana". Kew Bulletin. 65 (2): 345–348. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
External linksedit
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January 01, 1970
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