Myrtaceae Myrcia platyclada DC.

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Keywords in this picture :

• Foliage
• Midrib
• Flower
• Lamina leaf blade
• Vegetative
• Venation
• Leaf parts
• Inflorescence
• Flower & fruit
• Leaf
• Plant parts
• Midrib upper surface

Places where this species can be found :

• Grand Etang - GRENADA
• Mount Qua Qua - GRENADA
• Cable & Wireless Mast - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Tree to 15m. Petioles 0-5mm long, blades 3-6cm long, elliptic to obovate, slightly acuminate or rounded at tip, sometimes sessile. Leathery. Midrib impressed or channelled above. Infls 3x branched, 3-8cm long; ft to 15mm diam.

Specimen information

Collection Date
26/11/1999

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, C. Hughes

Specimen Number
237

Location
Trail to Mount Qua Qua from Gran Etang on ridge above and W of Gran Etang Lake about 2km N of the St. Georges to Grenville rd.

Notes
Medium-sized tree with ascending branches and an open crown to 15m ht. Slash granular, cacao-brown (177D), no smell. Leaves: lateral veins visible, tertiary venation visible with a lens above and below; lower surface peppered with translucent dots; crushed leaves smelling of inhalent - oil of winter-green. (RHS colour code: Leaf upper =138A, below=143C)

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.060000 N   Longitude: 61.420000 W   Altitude: 620