e-Key <span id="jodit_selection_marker_1702886141603_8713033067081686" data-jodit_selection_marker="start" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"></span>v3 - Tod<span id="jodit_selection_marker_1702886141603_4581794386274103" data-jodit_selection_marker="end" style="line-height: 0; display: none;"></span>dalia
SANBI Flora Keys Logo
Interactive keys to the identification of seed plants of southern Africa using keys based on plant morphology.

Rutaceae - Toddalia Juss.

Description:

  • Scrambler, woody, dioecious; branches usually with recurved prickles
  • Leaves alternate, 3-foliolate; leaflets narrowly lanceolate to obovate, slightly crenulate on margin, gland-dotted
  • Flowers unisexual, in axillary and terminal panicles, pubescent
  • Calyx 5-dentate or -lobed, cup-shaped
  • Petals 5, free, imbricate, somewhat fleshy
  • Male flowers: stamens 5; anthers sagittate, without apical gland; ovary rudimentary
  • Female flowers: staminodes small; ovary sessile, 5-7-locular, with 2 ovules in each locule; style 5- or 6-lobed
  • Fruit drupaceous, ± pea-sized, 5-7-locular, with 1 or 2 locules aborted
  • x = 9 (high polyploidy)

Nomenclature:

  • Toddalia Juss.
    • Jussieu: 371 (1789)
    • Verdoorn: 400 (1926)
    • Mendonça: 197 (1963)

Distribution & Notes:

  • Southern Africa: Species 1: Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam., extending from tropical Africa into Northern Province

References:

  • JUSSIEU, A.L. DE. 1789. Genera plantarum. Herissant & Barrois, Paris
  • MENDONÇA, F.A. 1963. 40. Rutaceae. Flora zambesiaca 2,1
  • VERDOORN, I.C. 1926. Revision of the African Toddalieae. Kew Bulletin 1926

Copyright of the content hosted by this website remains with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), unless stated otherwise.
Material from this site may be used in other media, provided that SANBI is acknowledged by the name South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) or refer to the 'How to cite this resource' paragraph on the Home page.
Liability disclaimer: Visitors use this site at their own risk and SANBI is not liable for any of the consequences resulting therefrom.