Myrsine affinis A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Myrsine

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees 0.8-6 m tall. Branchlets subterete, 4-5 mm in diam., smooth, reddish glandular puberulent, trichomes 2-or 3-fid, glabrescent, lenticellate. Leaves subsessile; petiole marginate, 2-3 mm; leaf blade linear or narrowly elliptic, 2-4(-5.8) cm × 7-11 mm, leathery, densely areolate and punctate abaxially, base acute and decurrent, margin entire, apex acute to a blunt tip; lateral veins numerous, raised on both surfaces, marginal vein evident. Infloresecences 1-3-flowered; bracts ovate, ciliate. Flowers yellow, 4-merous, ca. 1 mm. Calyx lobes spreading, nearly free, ovate, ca. 0.5 mm, flat, glabrous, sparsely punctate, margin entire, ciliate, apex acute. Petals united at base, elliptic, 0.8-1 mm, glabrous, sparsely punctate, margin densely glandular granulose, apex rounded. Anthers ovate, puberulent. Ovary glabrous. Stigma terete or sausage-shaped. Fruit dull purplish red to black, globose, ca. 5 mm in diam., densely punctate, glabrous. Fl. Feb-Jun, fr. Jan-Feb.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 6.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Myrsine affinis world distribution map, present in China, Indonesia, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:589036-1
WFO ID wfo-0001085790
COL ID 45DQG
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Synonyms

Rapanea affinis Myrsine affinis