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6313.000 Myrsine
Description of the genus
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves numerous, small, crowded, not confined to branch apices, often with a crenate or serrate margin and with translucent glands in the lamina. Flowers 4-5-merous, in axillary fascicles. Sepals and petals with resin-dots, often ciliate at the margin. Ovary glabrous. Style discoid. Fruit a spherical 1-seeded drupe. Worldwide: 5 species in the Azores, Africa and Asia Zimbabwe: 1 taxon. |
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| africana L. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Myrsine:
Our websites:
Flora of Malawi: MyrsineFlora of Mozambique: Myrsine
Flora of Zambia: Myrsine
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): MyrsineBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Myrsine
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Myrsine
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Myrsine
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Myrsine
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Myrsine
JSTOR Plant Science: Myrsine
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Myrsine
Plants of the World Online: Myrsine
Tropicos: Myrsine
Wikipedia: Myrsine
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