Colubrina asiatica var. asiatica
Introduced
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 76.
Shrubs, erect to sprawling or clambering, 1.5–8 m. Stems zigzag, glabrous. Leaves persistent; petiole 7–17 mm; blade ovate to broadly ovate, 4–8 cm, herbaceous, base obtuse to rounded or subcordate, margins crenate-serrate, teeth 10–30 per side, apex acuminate, glabrous or glabrate on both surfaces; 3-veined from base, distal secondary-veins 1–2 (–4) pairs, arcuate. Inflorescences thyrses, 2–7-flowered, or flowers solitary; peduncles (0–) 1 mm; fruiting pedicels 4–6 mm. Capsules 7–8 mm.
Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Disturbed fill, roadside thickets, fencerows, hammocks, shell mounds, limestone ridges, mangrove thickets, beach strands.
Elevation: 0–10 m.
Distribution
Introduced; Fla., s, se Asia, Pacific Islands (Philippines), also in West Indies, Africa, elsewhere in Pacific Islands, Australia
Discussion
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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dehiscing +
3-veined +
acuminate +
not gland-dotted +
herbaceous +
ovate;broadly ovate +
absent +
bisexual +
dehiscent +
Disturbed fill, roadside thickets, fencerows, hammocks, shell mounds, limestone ridges, mangrove thickets, beach strands. +
hemispheric +
2mm;3mm +
fascicles +
axillary +
2-7-flowered +
true +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
persistent +
crenate-serrate +
adnate +
intrastaminal +
absent +
fleshy +
3(-4)-locular +
basal +
inferior +
anatropous +
absent +
not fleshy +
not fleshy +
hooded +
opposite +
absent +
absent +
2-4-carpellate +
Mém. Fam. Rhamnées, +
1826 +
valvate +
distinct +
spreading +
keeled;ovate-triangular;triangular +
longitudinal +
Introduced +
glabrous +
1;4 +
absent +
connate +
Colubrina asiatica var. asiatica +
Colubrina asiatica +
variety +
fascicles +
unarmed +
woody +