Myrsine maculata Jackes

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Primulaceae > Myrsine

Characteristics

Shrub to 3 m high, much-branched. Leaves: petiole 4–5 mm long; lamina lanceolate/ovate-lanceolate/rhomboidal to oblanceolate, 3–6 cm long, 1–2.8 cm wide, cuneate base, entire margin (somewhat revolute towards base of lamina), obtuse to emarginate apex, discolorous, chartaceous to coriaceous, glands often visible as bumps on surface, a mixture of globular orange-red and pellucid, some lineate pellucid. Inflorescence with 4 or 5 flowers per fascicle, peduncles 0.5–1.5 mm long. Flowers 4-merous, pedicels to 2 mm long. Male flowers not seen, female corolla campanulate, cream, to 2 mm long, lobes longer than tube; ovary globular,
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Usually found as a shrub in wet sclerophyll rainforest, in soils of granitic origin.
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Distribution

Myrsine maculata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77070428-1
WFO ID wfo-0000449098
COL ID 45DX6
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Synonyms

Myrsine maculata