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Maytenus oleoides (Lam.) Loes.

Species

Angiosperms > Celastrales > Celastraceae > Maytenus

Characteristics

Shrub or tree, up to 6 m high. Branchlets sub-angular, whitish, becoming terete. Leaves alternate, leathery, glaucescent, waxy; lamina obovate, ovate-oblong to lanceolate, 20-60 x 5-30(-40) mm, apex acute, obtuse, rounded or emarginate, base cuneate, margins entire, revolute; venation obsolete; petioles 2-6 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, reduced cymes; peduncles 3-5 mm long. Flowers whitish flecked brownish. Sepals unequal, deltoid, margins laciniate. Petals suborbicular, ± 2 mm long, margins uneven. Stamens ± 1 mm long. Disc fleshy, annular. Ovary 2-locular; style very short; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a 2-valved, obovoid capsule, 6-10 mm long, brown to orange. Seeds completely enveloped by yellow or orange aril.
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Shrub or tree, up to 4 m tall. Leaves leathery, obovate to lanceolate, venation obsolete, glaucescent, margins revolute. Flowers in axillary cymes, whitish. Fruit a brown to orange capsule.
Shrub or tree to 4 m. Leaves leathery, obovate to lanceolate, venation obsolete, glaucescent, margins revolute. Flowers in axillary cymes, whitish. Capsules brown to orange.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 4.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Soil texture 7-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Maytenus oleoides world distribution map, present in Argentina, Brazil, and South Africa

Conservation status

Maytenus oleoides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:162011-1
WFO ID wfo-0001292617
COL ID 3YJ2L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Maytenus monococca Cassine oleifolia Cassine oleoides Elaeodendron angustifolium Elaeodendron laurinum Elaeodendron obtusum Gymnosporia monococca Celastrus laurinus Gymnosporia angustifolia Gymnosporia laurina Maytenus angustifolia Maytenus angustifolia Scytophyllum obtusum Scytophyllum oleoides Scytophyllum angustifolium Scytophyllum laurinum Embelia oleoides Maytenus oleoides Celastrus oleifolius Celastrus oleoides
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