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Ugni Turcz.

Uñi (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Myrtaceae

Characteristics

Low much branched and densely foliate shrubs. Leaves opposite or subopposite, small. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered. Flowers medium-sized, 4-or 5-merous. Sepals patent in the bud, longer than the imbricated petals. Petals firm. Stamens numerous, unequal; filaments straight or hardly curved even in the bud, short and flat; anthers basifixed, 2-celled, dehiscing longitudinally, introrse. Ovary 3-to 5-celled; cells several-ovulate; placenta central. Berry several-seeded; seeds hippo-crepiform, with a hard and shining testa with a black spot at one side; embryo incurved; radicle elongate; cotyledons very short.
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Shrubs. Lvs opposite, glandular, small but not ericoid. Fls axillary, solitary, subtended by persistent foliaceous bracteoles. Hypanthium enclosed by ovary; calyx lobes (4)-5. Petals (4)-5, ± connate at base, forming an almost globular cup, not caducous. Stamens 25 or more, included in corolla; filaments ± flattened or dilated, especially those in outer whorl; anthers ± sagittate, basifixed, immersed in the connective; connective dilated, fleshy, sometimes winged along margin, < style. Ovary 3-4-celled; ovules numerous. Fr. baccate; seeds usually 15-25.
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Images

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Distribution

Ugni world distribution map, present in New Zealand and Panama

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:27789-1
WFO ID wfo-4000039705
COL ID 63VWB
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Synonyms

Ugni

Lower taxons

Ugni myricoides Ugni selkirkii Ugni candollei Ugni molinae
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