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Castilleae
Tribe of flowering plants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Castilleae are a tribe within the plant family Moraceae. It includes eight to 11 genera and 55–60 species including Castilla, the Panama rubber tree.
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Castilleae | |
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Castilla elastica | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Moraceae |
Tribe: | Castilleae C.C.Berg |
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Members of the tribe are primarily Neotropical with two Afrotropical genera, one genus in New Guinea, and one in New Caledonia.[1]
The tribe's distinctive inflorescence is unisexual in monoecious species, with discoid to urceolate receptacles with involucrate bracts. Other characteristics of the group include septate wood fibers and self-pruning branches.[2]