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Psidium

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Myrtales Family: Myrtaceae Genus: Psidium

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Shrubs or small trees.

Stems:

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Opposite or subopposite. Margins entire. Pinnately veined. Petiolate. Stipules vestigial or absent.

Flowers: Flowers 1–3 (–7) in axillary cymes. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic. Hypanthium prolonged above ovary. Calyx of 4–5 sepals; sepals distinct or connate and usually splitting irregularly at anthesis, persistent. Corolla of 4–5 petals, often showy. Stamens numerous, distinct; anthers dithecal. Ovary inferior, (2)3–4(–7)-celled; ovules numerous.

Fruit: Berries globose or pear–shaped. Seeds numerous; seed coat bony; embryo horseshoe–shaped or curved.

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Historical Distribution

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Island Status

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 470 (1753)

Occurrences

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