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Erythroxylum gerrardii Baker

Species

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Characteristics

Leaves petiolate; lamina 0·8–3·5 (4·3) × 0·3–1·4 (2·1) cm., elliptic or rhombic to oblanceolate or rarely obovate, not or scarcely acuminate, rounded or shallowly (rarely deeply) emarginate at the apex, cuneate at the base, chartaceous, dark-or brownish-green above, paler below, sublucent on both surfaces or dull (rarely glaucous) below, with midrib usually ± prominent above, but nerves and venation inconspicuous or slightly prominent above, more rarely also visible below; petiole 0·75–1·5 mm. long, rather slender, grooved above; stipules partially united, 1·5–5 mm. long, triangular-amplexicaul with fimbriate margin, each free upper part bearing a long slender fimbriate seta, sometimes also with a short median entire seta, or the stipules almost completely united, with three short terminal setae, the setae and fimbriate margin frequently breaking off leaving the persistent entire base.
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Shrub (1) 1·5–3 (5) m. high, much branched, evergreen, glabrous; branches slender, red or blackish, scarcely flattened and angular with raised lines decurrent from the petiole bases when young, becoming terete and brown; bark smooth, finely vertically fissured, pale grey-brown.
Short-styled flowers: stamens equal, 2·5 mm. long; stamen-cup equal to the sepals, with 10-crenulate margin; ovary c. 1 mm. long, as long as the stamen-cup, cylindric; styles 3, 1–2·5 mm. long, united at the base.
Long-styled flowers: stamens unequal, the antisepalous 1·75 mm. and antipetalous 2·5 mm. long; stamen-cup as above; styles 3, 2·75–3 mm. long, united in the lower half.
Petals white, 2–2·5 mm. long, oblong, rounded at the apex, shortly unguiculate; ligule c. 1 mm. long, with eroded margin, inserted 1/4 of the length above the base.
Sepals 0·75–1·5 mm. long, triangular, acute, united for c. 1/2 their length.
Flowers solitary, axillary; peduncle 2–5 mm. long, slender, angular.
Drupe 6–7·5 mm. long, red, obliquely ovoid.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:544056-1
WFO ID wfo-0000679855
COL ID 3BFV6
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Synonyms

Erythroxylum gerrardii Erythroxylum gerrardii subsp. ankaranense Erythroxylum gerrardii subsp. calcicolum Erythroxylum gerrardii subsp. tricaudatum Erythroxylum gerrardii var. ripicolum Erythroxylum gerrardii var. submuticum Erythroxylum gerrardii var. sylvicolum
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