| Home | > | List of families | > | Myrsinaceae | > | Maesa |
6283.000 Maesa
Description of the genus
Shrubs or trees. Flowers bisexual, 5-merous (in ours), subtended by a subulate bract and 2 bracteoles inserted at the base of the flower. Inflorescence composed of axillary panicles. Calyx fused to ovary, the lobes persistent at the apex of the fruit, without glands. Corolla campanulate, marked with glandular dots or lines. Ovary semi-inferior (in ours). Fruit dry or fleshy, ± spherical, crowned with persistent sepals and style, many-seeded. Seeds numerous. Worldwide: 100 spcies in the Old World tropics, extending to Japan and Australia Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
 |
Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| lanceolata Forssk. | N,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Maesa:
Our websites:
Flora of Burundi: MaesaFlora of Malawi: Maesa
Flora of Mozambique: Maesa
Flora of Zambia: Maesa
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MaesaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Maesa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Maesa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Maesa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Maesa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Maesa
JSTOR Plant Science: Maesa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Maesa
Plants of the World Online: Maesa
Tropicos: Maesa
Wikipedia: Maesa
| Home | > | List of families | > | Myrsinaceae | > | Maesa |