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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 |
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Other sources of information about Myrsine:
Flora of Mozambique: MyrsineePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Myrsine
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Myrsine
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Myrsine
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Myrsine
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Myrsine
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