SAPINDACEAE
Ungnadia speciosa
Common Names: Mexican Buckeye, Texas Buckeye
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| flower with maturing ovary | mature leaves (near the tip of a stem)--notice how the leaflets appear to fold upward |
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| fruit and more mature leaves (notice the shiny black seed peeking out) | young fruit--how many carpels do you think were present in the flower that produced this capsule? |
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| old fruit | habit in early Spring showing flowers (center of picture) |
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| Ungnadia usually has multiple trunks--this is the base of one individual showing several trunks | flowers in Spring--notice the arrangement of the four petals |
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| flower closeup | young leaf--is this a compound or simple leaf? |
| another picture of the habit in a young individual beside the BIO building | flowers emerge in Spring in inflorescences called lateral fascicles just before or as leaves are emerging |
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