Olax obcordata A.S.George

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Olacaceae > Olax

Characteristics

Shrub to 60 cm. Branchlets somewhat flexuose, angular but soon terete, finely granular. Leaves broadly obovate-obcordate, retuse, obtusely mucronate, 4-10 mm long, concave, not or slightly amplexicaul, sessile. Pedicel and hypanthium together 1-2 mm long. Calyx 0.5 mm long, irregularly lobed. Corolla 4-5 mm long. Stamens 2 mm long; anthers shortly apiculate; staminodes 3 mm long, deeply bifid, villous towards base. Style 2 mm long; stigma 3-lobed. Drupe obpyriform, 4 mm long; calyx persistent. Seed spherical, 3 mm diam.
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Distribution

Olax obcordata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:904767-1
WFO ID wfo-0000390192
COL ID 492LV
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Synonyms

Olax obcordata