Annonaceae
Malmea R. E. Fries
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Genus Parent: Annonaceae Status: Valid
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Trees to 25 m.
Reproductive Morphology
Fruit: Fruit apocarpous with up to 60 stipate carpels to 2 cm long, red when mature. The stipes much larger than in other genera, red when mature.
Infructescence: Infructescence axillary or ramiflorous.
Seeds: One seed per carpel with ruminate endosperm.
Other
Notes: Related to Guatteria.