Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
Details
Avicennia resinifera G.Forst., Pl. Esc. (1786)
Nomenclature
G.Forst.
G.Forst.
1786
ICN
Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
species
Avicennia resinifera
Classification
Descriptions
Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
Small tree up to c. 8 m. tall (reduced to a shrub in southern part of range). Lateral roots spreading widely, emitting ∞ stout, erect "breathing" roots. Bark grey, furrowed; branches stout, spreading; branchlets pubescent. Lvs on narrowly winged petioles up to c. 1 cm. long. Lamina glab. above, densely clad in white to buff appressed tomentum below, coriac., ± 5-10 × 2-4 cm., ovate to elliptic-oblong, acute to subacute, sts mucronate; margins slightly recurved. Cymes contracted into small 4-8-fld heads on erect angled pubescent peduncles ± 2 cm. long. Fls c. 6-7 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, ± pilose; corolla-lobes coriac., ovate, silky-hairy. Capsule ± 2 cm. diam., ovoid.
Taxonomic concepts
Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
Avicennia resinifera G.Forst.
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Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
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31 July 2009