Myrsine cicatricosa (C.Y.Wu & C.Chen) Pipoly & C.Chen

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Myrsine

Characteristics

Shrubs ca. 2 m tall. Branchlets angular, 2-3 mm in diam., smooth, reddish glandular granulose apically, without lenticels. Petiole marginate, 3-5 mm; leaf blade obovate, 1-2.5 cm × 7-9 mm, leathery, glabrous, punctate in areoles, base cuneate, decurrent, margin scarious, entire, apex obtuse and emarginate; midrib impressed; lateral veins and veinlets inconspicuous adaxially, raised abaxially, marginal vein evident. Bracts ovate or broadly so, ciliate. Flowers (3-)5-merous, ca. 2 mm. Pedicel 1-1.5(-2) mm, glabrous. Calyx lobes spreading, nearly free, ovate, 0.8-1 mm, glabrous, flat, margin entire, ciliate, sparsely punctate, apex acute. Corolla lobes oblong to ovate, ca. 2 mm, reflexed, glabrous except for densely glandular granulose margin, apex obtuse. Anthers puberulent at apex, inconspicuously punctate dorsally. Style short conical, obtusely angular; stigma ligulate, apiculate. Fruit globose (immature); persistent sepals united at base. Fl. Dec, fr. Aug-Sep.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

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Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Myrsine cicatricosa world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:986426-1
WFO ID wfo-0001086020
COL ID 744Y7
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Synonyms

Rapanea cicatricosa Myrsine cicatricosa