Accession Data
Maesa lanceolata
Common Name: False Assegai
Family: Primulaceae
Country of Origin: widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar
Description: Evergreen shrub or much-branched small tree, 2-10 m. Leaves: petiole 1.5-3 cm; lamina 6-17 cm, ranging from lanceolate to broadly elliptic, glabrous or pubescent especially on the nerves; margin slightly revolute, very shallowly to distinctly serrate. Inflorescence of axillary panicles, usually shorter than the leaves. Corolla 1.5-1.8 mm, pale yellow or whitish, scented. Anthers 0.4-0.7 mm. Stigma truncate, ± lobed. Fruit 3-4 mm in diameter, greenish to pale pink. Seeds blackish, angular.4
Accession Data
Accession #: 201600191
Accession Date: 2016-12-09
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1110
Quantity: 2
Source: Silverhill (Primulaceae monotypic subfamily)
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Primulaceae
SubFamily: Maesoideae
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, December 09, 2016.
- Maesa lanceolata at Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Last accessed on Friday, December 09, 2016.
- Maesa lanceolata at PlantzAfrica. Last accessed on Friday, December 09, 2016.
- Maesa lanceolata at Flora of Zimbabwe. Last accessed on Friday, December 09, 2016.
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