Apocryphe APLUDA, a genus of the monocæcia order, belonging to the polygamia class of plants. The calix is a bivalved gluma; the stamens of the female are sessile, and the male stamens are furnished with pedunculi; the female has no calix; the corolla has a double valve; there is but one stylus, and one covered seed. The male has three stamina. There are three species of apluda, viz. the mutica, aristata, and zeugites, all natives of the Indies.