WorldFloraDB - Bersama swynnertonii

Characteristics

Leaves up to 20 cm. long, imparipinnate; rhachis not winged; leaflets (2)3–4-jugate, opposite, distinctly petiolulate, up to 8 × 3·4 cm., ovate or lanceolate to obovate or oblanceolate, apex acuminate, margin entire, base cuneate, glabrous beneath, with venation prominent on both surfaces.

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Evergreen tree up to 22 m. tall; bark on bole dark brown, rough, on branches smooth.

Capsule c. 1·5 × 1·75 cm., tomentose at first, glabrescent in patches, rugose.

Seeds bright red with a yellow cushion-shaped aril, c. 8 × 5 mm.

Flowers purplish-pink, with pedicels c. 6 mm. long.

Petals c. 9 mm. long, tomentellous.

Racemes up to 18 cm. long, slender.

Calyx c. 5 mm. long, tomentellous.

Disk ^-shaped.

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Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	evergreen
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Distribution

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:580022-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000564500
COL ID	LMJQ
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Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Bersama swynnertonii

WorldFloraDB 2024

Bersama swynnertonii Baker F.

Species

Angiosperms > Geraniales > Francoaceae > Bersama