Fruit and seed anatomy of the genus Kaliphora (Kaliphoraceae) in relation to its taxonomical position.

摘要

Fruit and seed anatomy in Kaliphora madagascariensis [of the family Cornaceae] were studied for the first time. The fruit and seed of this plant have a unusual outward appearance and inner structure. The main differences from the other members of the order include the presence of a didymous drupe, a campylotropous seed with its micropyle turned down, an embryo with an inferior, oblique radicle, a membranaceous testa partly fallen off in the ripe seed, and a destroyed endotesta.