Annonaceae
Duguetia A. St. Hil.
Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Genus Parent: Annonaceae Status: Valid
Vegetative Morphology
Habit: Trees to 8 m or shrubs.
Leaves: Leaves with stellate hairs or conspicuous scales.
Reproductive Morphology
Inflorescence: Some species produce flagellate inflorescences at the base of the trunk, extending themselves to a meter or more, with flowers and fruits that develop under the leaf litter of the forest floor.
Fruit: Fruit pseudosyncarpous, with numerous apiculate carpels held closely together but not fused, to 4 cm diameter, brown and loosely separated when mature.
Infructescence: Infructescence usually ramiflorous, sometimes cauliflorous.
Seeds: One seed per carpel, the endosperm weakly ruminate.
Other
Distribution: Brazil, Peru, and Suriname.