Myrica inodora W.Bartram

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Myricaceae > Myrica

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, evergreen, to 7 m. Branchlets reddish brown and gland-dotted when young, glands colorless to white. Leaf blade lacking odor when crushed, oblong-obovate to elliptic, 3.5-10.5(-11.8) × 1.4-3.7(-4.4) cm, leathery, base attenuate to cuneate, margins entire, rarely serrate distally, slightly revolute, apex acute to rounded; surfaces abaxially pale green, glabrous, sometimes with a few scattered hairs, adaxially dark green, shiny, glabrous, both surfaces gland-dotted, pitted; glands minute, colorless or white. Inflorescences: staminate 0.7-2.2 cm; pistillate 0.4-4(-5) cm. Flowers unisexual, staminate and pistillate on same plants. Staminate flowers: bract of flower shorter than staminal column, margins opaque, densely ciliate; stamens mostly 6-10, as few as 3 in more distal flowers. Pistillate flowers: bracteoles persistent, 4, obscure in fruit, not accrescent or adnate to fruit wall, glabrous except for ciliate margins; ovary densely villous. Fruits globose-ellipsoid, 4-8 mm; fruit wall densely pubescent, obscured by enlarged, glandular protuberances and thin (usually) coat of white-gray wax.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 7.0
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Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
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Nitrogen fixer frankia
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Environment

Light 3-3
Soil humidity 5-5
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Soil acidity 1-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Myrica inodora world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166240-2
WFO ID wfo-0001085107
COL ID 458DZ
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Cerothamnus inodorus Myrica inodora Morella inodora Myrica laureola Myrica obovata