Myrsine africana, L.
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Myrsine africana |
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1. M. africana L. , Sp. Pl. 196 (1753) View Cited Treatment .
Evergreen shrub usually 1-2 m; young twigs and petioles puberulent. Leaves 0-5- 1 - 5 cm, obovate to suborbicular, serrulate, obtuse, emarginate or subacute, cuneate to rounded at base, coriaceous, gland-dotted. Inflorescence of 3-8 sub-sessile flowers. Corolla c. 1 - 5 mm in diameter, pale brown, rotate. Fruit 4-5 mm, globose, bluish-purple. Evergreen scrub, 300-900 m. Açores. Az. (C. & S. Africa; Afghanistan to Nepal.)
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Myrsine africana
| Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1972 |