Accession Data:
Maesa lanceolata Forssk.
- Common Name: False Assegai
- Family: Primulaceae Vent.
- Country of Origin: widespread in the Afrotropics, including Madagascar
- Habitat: margins of forest, occasionally in montane grassland
- 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
- Source: Silverhill (Primulaceae monotypic subfamily)
- Accession Date: 12-09-2016
- Bench: 1110 - AFR: Cycads
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2025
- Restrictions:
- Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
- Poisonous Plant Parts - Not for Human Consumption
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: asterids
- Order: Ericales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Primulaceae
- SubFamily: Maesoideae
- Tribe:
- SubTribe:
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Benin / Guinea / Nigeria / Sierra Leone / Togo / Djibouti / Eritrea / Ethiopia / Somalia / Kenya / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola / Cape Provinces / KwaZulu-Natal / Swaziland / Northern Provinces / Madagascar / Saudi Arabia / Yemen
References (external):
- 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.
data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:48:15 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
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Subfamily Maesoideae
Subfamily Myrsinoideae
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