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family Moraceae
Maclura tinctoria (L.) D. Don ex Steud. (=Chlorophora
tinctoria (L.) Gaudich. ex Benth.); mora, fustic
Tree
with milky sap and long spines, dioecious; leaves alternate, elliptic,
base oblique, margin coarsely toothed, apex acuminate, sometimes
deeply lobed; staminate flowers in axillary catkins; pistillate
flowers in short-stalked globose clusters arising from the leaf
axils, with elongate stigmas; fruit resembling the pistillate
flower clusters, reputedly edible. (Image at left photographed
in Merida.)
Additional images:
Source of fustic, a commercial dye yielding yellow, green or
brown colors; used in dying khaki.
Tree
with milky sap and long spines, dioecious; leaves alternate, elliptic,
base oblique, margin coarsely toothed, apex acuminate, sometimes
deeply lobed; staminate flowers in axillary catkins; pistillate
flowers in short-stalked globose clusters arising from the leaf
axils, with elongate stigmas; fruit resembling the pistillate
flower clusters, reputedly edible. (Image at left photographed
in Merida.)
