Annonaceae

Guatteria R. & P.

Kingdom: Plantae Rank: Genus Parent: Annonaceae Status: Valid

Vegetative Morphology

Habit: Trees to 30 m.

Leaves: Leaves with pubescence formed from simple hairs.

Reproductive Morphology

Fruit: Fruit apocarpous with up to 40 stipate carpels, to 1.5 cm long, black when mature, the stipes remaining red or cherry red.

Infructescence: Infructescence axillary or ramiflorous.

Seeds: One seed per carpel with ruminate endosperm.

Other

Distribution: Mexico to Bolivia