Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 124, t. 62 (1776)
Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Nomenclature
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
1776
124, t. 62
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Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Melicytus ramiflorus
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Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Tree up to 10 m. or more tall; trunk up to 6 dm. or more diam., sts much-branched from near base; bark greyish white; branchlets brittle; wood soft, white. Lvs on slender petioles ± 2 cm. long; lamina lanceolate-oblong to elliptic-oblong, 5-15 × 3-5 cm., submembr., coarsely and obtusely serrate (sts obscurely toothed); apex acute to acuminate or obtuse (all forms may be found on same plant). Infl. of 2-10 fasicled fls on slender pedicels 5-10 mm. long; fascicles axillary or on branchlets below lvs. Fls 3-4 mm. diam.; bracts just below fls; calyx lobes minute; petals greenish yellow, obtuse. Anthers sessile, connective not produced, scale minute; stigma 4-6-lobed. Berry violet to dark blue or purplish, 4-5 mm. long, obovoid to subglobose; seeds 3-6.
Taxonomic concepts
Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Melicytus ramiflorus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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