Gyminda latifolia
Symb. Antill. 5: 80. 1904.
Common names: False boxwood
Illustrated
Basionym: Myginda latifolia Swartz Prodr., 39. 1788
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 126.
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Shrubs or trees to 8 m. Stems much-branched; branches 4-angled. Leaves: petiole 0–2 mm; blade bright green, obovate to elliptic-obovate, 2–4 × 1–3 cm, base acuminate to acute, margins entire or obscurely crenulate-serrate, especially distally, reflexed, apex round or emarginate. Staminate flowers: sepals 1 mm; petals elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 1.5–2 mm. Pistillate flowers: sepals 1 mm; petals elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 1.5–2 mm. Drupes 7–8 × 3–5 mm; peduncle to 8 mm. Seeds black or dark blue, ovoid.
Phenology: Flowering summer; fruiting late summer–fall.
Habitat: Hammocks.
Elevation: 0–10 m.
Distribution
Fla., s Mexico, West Indies
Discussion
The dark heartwood of Gyminda latifolia is heavy and hard. In the flora area, G. latifolia occurs in Miami-Dade and Monroe (Keys only) counties.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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hypogynous +
dehiscing +
not beaked +
emarginate;round +
absent +
bright green +
obscure +
obovate;elliptic-obovate +
4-angled +
4-angled +
False boxwood +
nutlike +
symmetric +
unisexual +
loculicidal +
bluish black +
ellipsoid;ovoid +
absent +
Present +
axillary +
simple +
fascicled +
opposite +
persistent +
reflexed +
intrastaminal +
absent +
rudimentary +
4-lobed +
fleshy +
adnate +
axile +
superior +
0;1/2 +
anatropous +
hypogynous +
white +
distinct +
absent +
absent +
2-carpellate +
absent +
Symb. Antill. +
1904 +
not winged +
ovoid +
distinct +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
longitudinal +
Illustrated +
free-inserted +
absent +
much-branched +
absent +
connate +
absent +
Gyminda latifolia +
Gyminda +
species +
fascicles +
dioecious +