Maytenus phyllanthoides
Bot. Voy. Sulphur, 54. 1844.
Common names: Gutta-percha leather leaf mangle dulce
Illustrated
Synonyms: Tricerma phyllanthoides (Bentham) Lundell
Shrubs or trees 0.2–7 m. Stems erect to spreading, or decumbent to prostrate; branchlets erect or spreading, puberulent. Leaves: petiole 1–6 mm; blade oblongelliptic to obovate, 1.5–5 (–6) × 1–2.5 (–3.5) cm, base cuneate or rounded, margins entire or remotely serrulate, sometimes wavy, apex obtuse to rounded, sometimes mucronate. Flowers: sepals reddish, rounded; petals 2–3 mm. Capsules bright red, 8–12 × 4–6 mm.
Distribution
Fla., Tex., Mexico, West Indies (Bahamas), West Indies (Cuba)
Discussion
Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).
Recognition of two varieties follows G. L. Nesom (2009e).
Selected References
None.
Key
| 1 | Leaf blade bases cuneate; stems erect to spreading. | Maytenus phyllanthoides var. phyllanthoides |
| 1 | Leaf blade bases rounded; stems decumbent to prostrate. | Maytenus phyllanthoides var. ovalifolia |
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hypogynous +
dehiscing +
not beaked +
mucronate;obtuse;rounded +
bright red +
obscure +
oblongelliptic;obovate +
puberulent +
terete +
bright red +
axillary +
nutlike +
symmetric +
axillary +
loculicidal +
absent +
simple +
fascicled +
alternate +
persistent +
wavy +
intrastaminal +
absent +
rudimentary +
annular +
fleshy +
adnate +
axile +
superior +
immersed +
0;1/2 +
anatropous +
hypogynous +
distinct +
absent +
absent +
2-4-carpellate +
absent +
Bot. Voy. Sulphur, +
1844 +
not winged +
surrounding +
ellipsoid +
reddish +
distinct +
rounded +
longitudinal +
Illustrated +
free +
free-inserted +
not gland-tipped +
undivided +
alternate +
absent +
minute +
decumbent;prostrate +
absent +
connate +
absent +
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