return to: checklist; keys; family Malvaceae (formerly Tiliaceae)
Tree;
leaves alternate, simple, ovate, base rounded to slightly cordate,
margin toothed, apex acuminate venation palmate; flowers in terminal
panicles; petals reflexed, pale greenish white; stamens numerous;
fruit a woody capsule, the margins fringed with plumose bristles.
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