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(Last Modified On 12/19/2012)
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(Last Modified On 12/19/2012)
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Species
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EUGENIA BIFLORA (L.) DC.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Prodr. 3:276. 1828.
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Synonym
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Myrtus biflora L. Syst. 1056. 1759. Eugenia sericiflora Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur 89. 1844.
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Description
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Shrubs 3-4 m. high; twigs terete, at first brown-tomentose intermixed with white hairs, later glabrate. Leaves lanceolate, acute at the base, long-acuminate and mucronate at the apex, up to 7 cm. long and 1.0-2.5 cm. wide, subcoriaceous or membranaceous, sparsely white-pilose on both sides, glabrescent, the midrib im- pressed above, prominent beneath, the lateral nerves numerous, inconspicuous on both sides. Inflorescence racemose, 3- to 7-flowered, tomentose. Flowers white. Bracts setaceous, 2 mm. long; bractlets also setaceous, longer than the ovary. Sepals ovate, apiculate, about 2 mm. long. Petals about 4 mm. long, sericeous outside. Ovary 2-celled, sericeous; ovules about 6-10 in each cell, arranged in a semicircle open above. Berry subglobose, 7 mm. long, smooth or faintly ribbed, edible.
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Habit
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Shrubs
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Distribution
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The species is distributed throughout tropical America in several varieties.
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Common
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coralillo
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Specimen
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COCLE: Penonome and vicinity, Williams 63, i88, 355, 2776. CHIRIQUI: Cerro Vaca, Pittier 53i6. PANAMA: Taboga Island, Maxon 6920, Macbride 2776, Barclay 977, Stand- ley 27024, 27886, 29732, Miller i843, 2034, Pittier 3525. VERAGUAS: Santiago de Vera- guas, Seemann II49.
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