Myrsine guianensis (Aubl.) Kuntze

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Myrsine

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen tree. It grows 6m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Moist and dry limestone forests. The lee side of coastal upland plant communities, where soil is sandy with shell fragments and often poorly drained; also in Baldcypress swamps among other wet site tolerant plants.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Myrsine guianensis leaf picture by JP Corrêa Carvalho (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Myrsine guianensis flower picture by Rodrigo Acosta (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Myrsine guianensis world distribution map, present in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Mexico, Montserrat, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:166565-2
WFO ID wfo-0000453706
COL ID 73SXR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734364
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Myrsine guianensis Myrsine baccata Rapanea guianensis Samara guianensis Rapanea oblonga Myrsine floribunda Myrsine rapanea f. umbrosa Rapanea savannarum Rapanea glaucorubens Samara floribunda Myrsine rapanea Myrsine brasiliensis Myrsine maritima Myrsine umbrosa Caballeria coriacea Rapanea guianensis var. andicola Rapanea guianensis var. calensis Rapanea guianensis var. bogotensis Myrsine rapanea var. major Myrsine rapanea var. minor Rapanea umbrosa Myrsine rapanea var. subacuta