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Maytenus boaria Molina

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Species

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Characteristics

Trees to 15 m. Stems erect to spreading; branchlets gray-brown, pendent, glabrous. Leaves: petiole 2–5 mm; blade elliptic to lanceolate, 1–6 × 0.4–2 cm, base cuneate, margins regularly serrulate, apex acute. Flowers: sepals green, rounded; petals 1.5–3 m. Capsules yellow or straw colored, 5–9 × 5–6.5 mm.
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An evergreen tree. It grows 10 m high and spreads 4 m wide. The stem is erect and slender. The branches hang down. The crown is spreading. The leaves are narrowly oval and taper towards the tip. They are shiny green and have teeth along the edge. The flowers are small. The fruit are tiny orange berries.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 10.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It does best in rich, moist, well-drained soils. It needs an open sunny position. It is tender to frost and drought. In Chile it grows from 30-50° S. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 4,00  above sea level. Arboretum Tasmania.
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Pasturelands, avoiding the competition for light from other trees. Often found growing in the dryest, poorest, arid lowland soils.
Pasturelands, avoiding the competition for light from other trees.
Light 6-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The seeds produce a cooking oil. The leaves are eaten cooked.
Uses material medicinal oil wood
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Fever (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seed or cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings suckers
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Images

Leaf

Maytenus boaria leaf picture by laval msantiago (cc-by-sa)
Maytenus boaria leaf picture by laval msantiago (cc-by-sa)
Maytenus boaria leaf picture by Ortega Pamela (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Maytenus boaria flower picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Maytenus boaria fruit picture by Pauli Sam (cc-by-sa)
Maytenus boaria fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)
Maytenus boaria fruit picture by Daniel Barthelemy (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Maytenus boaria world distribution map, present in Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, New Zealand, Uruguay, and United States of America

Conservation status

Maytenus boaria threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:161827-1
WFO ID wfo-0000375129
COL ID 3YHTR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Celastrus boaria Celastrus uncinatus Senacia maytenus Boaria molinae Celastrus maytenus Maytenus chilensis Maytenus uncinata Maytenus crenulata Maytenus marginata Maytenus boaria var. angustifolia Maytenus chilensis var. angustifolius Maytenus boaria
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