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Crossopetalum rhacoma Crantz

Maidenberry (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Crossopetalum

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees 3–4 m. Stems erect, branched; branchlets glabrous. Leaf blades ovate or sometimes elliptic, 10–40 × 5–7 mm, margins shallowly crenate or entire. Inflorescences: peduncle 7–12 mm. Flowers: petals reddish or purplish, ovate to suborbiculate, 1 mm. Drupes obovoid, 5–6 × 2–3 mm.
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A shrub or small tree. It grows 5-7 m tall. The leaves are opposite or alternate or in rings of 3. They are oval and 1-2 cm long. The flowers are small and have 4 petals. They are red or purplish. The fruit are oval and red. They are 3-6 mm long. There are many tiny seeds in one stone.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 5.5
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits
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Images

Crossopetalum rhacoma unspecified picture

Distribution

Crossopetalum rhacoma world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Colombia, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Crossopetalum rhacoma threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60458018-2
WFO ID wfo-0000626468
COL ID ZMKN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629448
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Synonyms

Myginda rotundata Myginda rhacoma Rhacoma pallens Crossopetalum pallens Crossopetalum rhacoma Rhacoma crossopetalum f. longifolia Rhacoma crossopetalum Myginda pallens Crossopetalum rotundatum
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