Chiococca P.Browne

Milkberry (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae

Characteristics

Shrubs, vines, or trees, often scandent. Leaves membranous to coriaceous, petiolate; stipules usually cuspidate, persistent. Inflorescences axillary, racemose or paniculate, the racemes often secund. Flowers pedicellate; hypanthium com-pressed; calycine cup 5-lobed, persistent; corolla funnelform or campanulate,
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glabrous throughout, the lobes valvate; stamens with the filaments connate at the base; ovary 2-celled, each cell I-ovulate. Fruits drupaceous, orbicular, usually laterally compressed, white at maturity.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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