Manual of the New Zealand Flora.

3. Aleurites, Forst

3. Aleurites, Forst.

Trees with stellate pubescence. Leaves alternate, petiolate,. large, entire or 3–7-lobed. Flowers in terminal cymes, monœcious. Male flowers: Calyx splitting into 2–3 valvate segments. Petals 5, longer than the calyx. Stamens 8–20, on a central receptacle, 5 outer opposite the petals, alternating with 5 small glands; anthers adnate, cells parallel. Female flowers: Calyx and petals of the males. Ovary 2–5-celled; styles 2–5, bifid; ovules 1 in each cell. Fruit large, drupaceous; exocarp somewhat fleshy; endocarp 1–5-celled. Seeds large; testa thick, woody; cotyledons broad, flat.

A small genus of 3 species, natives of eastern Asia and the Pacific islands.