1874.000 Myrica L.

MORELLA Lour.

Description of the genus

Mostly aromatic evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees with terminal buds. Leaves entire or coarsely toothed. Bracts subtending several ovaries or solitary, simple and 1-flowered; bracteoles present, often forming a small cup around the base of the ovary; ovary usually covered with persistent wax-secreting papillae. Fruit drupaceous.

Derivation of name: From the Greek: myrike, meaning fragrance.

Worldwide: About 25 species in tropical and southern Africa and Madagascar.

Zimbabwe: 4 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
chimanimaniana (Verdc. & Polhill) Christenh. & Byng[NrEnd]	E	Description, Image
microbracteata Weim.[End?]	E	Description, Image
pilulifera Rendle	W,C,E,S	Description, Image
serrata Lam.	N,W,C,E	Description, Image

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Flora of Botswana: Myrica
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Flora of Malawi: Myrica
Flora of Mozambique: Myrica
Flora of Zambia: Myrica

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Myrica
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EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Myrica
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iNaturalist: Myrica
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Myrica
JSTOR Plant Science: Myrica
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Myrica
Plants of the World Online: Myrica
Tropicos: Myrica
Wikipedia: Myrica