Flueggea  

Trees or shrubs, dioecious or rarely monoecious. Exudate absent*. Armed or unarmed. Glabrous throughout (often) or indumentum present, hairs simple. Stipules free*, simple, unlobed, entire*, not spine-like*, not leaf-like*, without glands. Leaves distributed evenly along stem, alternate or fasciculate, simple, unlobed, never peltate, base symmetrical, margin entire, leaf blade not pellucid-punctate; leaf glands absent; venation pinnate; domatia absent*; stipel-like appendages absent*. Petiole present, without swellings or bends at base or apex*, without glands. Inflorescence without axis, axillary, male flowers often numerous, fasciculate, female flowers few or solitary; bracts inconspicuous, not leaf-like*, green; pedicels present, very slender, not articulated. Male flowers: sepals 4 – 7, imbricate, free or partially fused, almost petal-like, or scarious, greenish; petals 0; disc glands among the stamens (interstaminal), free or united; stamens 4 – 7, free; anther without conspicuous modification, thecae extrorse in bud; pistillode present or rarely absent. Female flowers: sepals 4 – 7, imbricate, free or partially fused, greenish; petals 0; disc surrounding the ovary, annular (entire); ovary locules 2 – 4, ovules per locule 2; styles 3*, free or partially fused, 2-branched (i.e. each style divided, ultimate divisions per locule 2), styles or stigmas not flat*, surface smooth*; staminodes absent. Fruit dehiscent or indehiscent, unsculptured*, greenish to brown or white; seed without appendage, covering or membranous layer*, not fleshy; embryo flat, not minute, cotyledons leaf-like.

An asterisk * indicates a state has been assumed but not yet confirmed.

World Checklist: 16 spp.